diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index feaf4db68..55b842082 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ Style/NilComparison:
   Exclude:
     - 'spec/**/*'
 
+# allow comment out code with vim NerdCommenter 
+Style/CommentIndentation:
+  Enabled: false
+
 # No need to force reduce to use |a, e| as parameters.
 # Configuration parameters: Methods.
 Style/SingleLineBlockParams: