diff --git a/templates/zimrc b/templates/zimrc
index 0118070..6cd807e 100644
--- a/templates/zimrc
+++ b/templates/zimrc
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ zprompt_theme='steeef'
 # this determines what highlighters will be used with the completion module
 # documentation of the highlighters can be found here:
 #   https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting/blob/master/docs/highlighters.md
-zhighlighters=(main brackets)
+# for (u)rxvt users, disabling the 'cursor' highlighter will fix the disappearing cursor problem
+zhighlighters=(main brackets cursor)
 
 
 #