diff --git a/colors/dracula.vim b/colors/dracula.vim
index 8661faa..9c8fa52 100644
--- a/colors/dracula.vim
+++ b/colors/dracula.vim
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 " http://zenorocha.mit-license.org
 "
 " @author Trevor Heins <@heinst>
-" @author Éverton Ribeiro <nuxlli@gmail.com>
+" @author Everton Ribeiro <nuxlli@gmail.com>
 " @author Zeno Rocha <hi@zenorocha.com>
 
 set background=dark
@@ -121,3 +121,18 @@ hi cssBraces ctermfg=NONE ctermbg=NONE cterm=NONE guifg=NONE guibg=NONE gui=NONE
 hi TabLineFill  guifg=#333333 guibg=#1e1f29 gui=none
 hi TabLine      guifg=#666666 guibg=#1e1f29 gui=none
 hi TabLineSel   guifg=WHITE guibg=#1e1f29 gui=none
+
+"-------------------
+"
+"cygwin has an annoying behavior where it resets background to light
+"regardless of what is set above, so we force it yet again
+"
+"add these to get cygwin shell working when used to ssh into a centos6 vm
+"this requires your TERM=xterm-256color in the guest vm
+"- one way to do this is to append to /home/vagrant/.bash_profile ala:
+"      TERM=xterm-256color
+"      export $TERM
+
+execute "set background=dark"
+highlight clear
+"-------------------