diff --git a/.config/emacs/lisp/init-utils.el b/.config/emacs/lisp/init-utils.el
index ab99e84..b35ed0c 100644
--- a/.config/emacs/lisp/init-utils.el
+++ b/.config/emacs/lisp/init-utils.el
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 (use-package olivetti
   :diminish
   :bind ("<f7>" . olivetti-mode)
-  :hook (org-mode)
+  :hook (org-mode markdown-mode)
   :init (setq olivetti-body-width 0.62))
 
 ;; text mode directory tree
diff --git a/.config/emacs/lisp/init-vcs.el b/.config/emacs/lisp/init-vcs.el
index 93f801c..3022fb0 100644
--- a/.config/emacs/lisp/init-vcs.el
+++ b/.config/emacs/lisp/init-vcs.el
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     :init
     (setq magit-todos-nice (if (executable-find "nice") t nil))
     (setq magit-todos-scanner #'magit-todos--scan-with-git-grep)
+    (setq magit-todos-exclude-globs '(".git/" "*.json" "*.js"))
     (let ((inhibit-message t))
       (magit-todos-mode 1))))