diff --git a/vimrc.after b/vimrc.after
index 7d24eea..8384cb4 100644
--- a/vimrc.after
+++ b/vimrc.after
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ autocmd BufNew,BufRead *.java set efm=%A\ %#[javac]\ %f:%l:\ %m,%-Z\ %#[javac]\
 autocmd BufNew,BufRead *.go map ,t :Fmt<CR>:w<CR>
 
 " highlighting sbt as scala, too
-autocmd BufNew,BufRead *.sbt setf scala
+autocmd BufNew,BufRead *.sbt set syn=scala
 
 " (en|dis)able crosshairs!
 function! EnableCrosshairs()