diff --git a/lua/custom-autocmd.lua b/lua/custom-autocmd.lua
index 6a149f9..9856687 100644
--- a/lua/custom-autocmd.lua
+++ b/lua/custom-autocmd.lua
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ api.nvim_create_autocmd("BufReadPre", {
     if fn.getfsize(f) > file_size_limit or fn.getfsize(f) == -2 then
       vim.o.eventignore = "all"
       --  turning off relative number helps a lot
-      vim.bo.relativenumber = false
+      vim.wo.relativenumber = false
 
       vim.bo.swapfile = false
       vim.bo.bufhidden = "unload"