diff --git a/fnl/core/opt/init.fnl b/fnl/core/opt/init.fnl
index f02204c..b07e945 100644
--- a/fnl/core/opt/init.fnl
+++ b/fnl/core/opt/init.fnl
@@ -54,3 +54,12 @@
 ;       (vim.fn.mkdir target-path :p 0700))
 ;     (tset vim.o :undodir target-path)
 ;     (tset vim.o :undofile true)))
+
+;; ignore some messages
+ (let [notify (. vim :notify)]
+  (tset
+   vim :notify
+   (lambda [msg ...]
+    (when (: msg :match "warning: multiple different client offset_encodings")
+     (lua :return))
+    (notify msg ...))))