diff --git a/configuration.org b/configuration.org
index c25ca19..ede0c95 100644
--- a/configuration.org
+++ b/configuration.org
@@ -2836,7 +2836,8 @@ I don’t always use the package menu, but when i do, i want to do it in style
 ** ~tidal~ for improvising music
 
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
-(use-package tidal)
+(use-package tidal
+  :mode "\\.tidal\\'")
 #+end_src
 
 * Programming-language specific packages