diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index a77e63c..5c07261 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ DOCSTRING is an optional form that is discarded upon expansion."
 (editor-feature display-line-numbers
   "Displays the absolute number of each line in a buffer."
   :custom
+  (display-line-numbers-grow-only t "Do not decrease the width of the line number column after it has grown")
   (display-line-numbers-width-start 100 "Count number of lines (+100) in buffer for initial line number width")
   :hook
   (prog-mode-hook . (lambda ()