diff --git a/default.conf.yaml b/default.conf.yaml
index 85b14d7..c8e8d95 100644
--- a/default.conf.yaml
+++ b/default.conf.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     ~/.config/flake8: etc/flake8
     ~/.config/git: git/
     ~/.config/hg: hg/
+    ~/.config/jrnl: jrnl/
     ~/.config/kak: kak/
     ~/.config/nvim: neovim/
     ~/.config/rubocop: rubocop/
diff --git a/jrnl/jrnl.yaml b/jrnl/jrnl.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e10d61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jrnl/jrnl.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+colors:
+  body: none
+  date: none
+  tags: none
+  title: none
+default_hour: 0
+default_minute: 0
+editor: nvim
+encrypt: false
+highlight: true
+indent_character: '|'
+journals:
+  default: ~/notes/jrnl/default.txt
+linewrap: 79
+tagsymbols: '@'
+template: false
+timeformat: '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M'
+version: v2.8.1