diff --git a/org/config/emacs.org b/org/config/emacs.org
index 9f6663f..cc15ccc 100644
--- a/org/config/emacs.org
+++ b/org/config/emacs.org
@@ -7787,7 +7787,10 @@ The DoomEmacs modeline looks nice in my opinion, let’s use it.
   :straight (:build t)
   :defer t
   :init (doom-modeline-mode 1)
-  :custom ((doom-modeline-height 15)))
+  :config
+  (csetq doom-modeline-height 15
+         doom-modeline-enable-word-count t
+         doom-modeline-continuous-word-count-modes '(markdown-mode gfm-mode org-mode)))
 #+end_src
 
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