diff --git a/appearance.el b/appearance.el
index 8b0e0c2..5ddf484 100644
--- a/appearance.el
+++ b/appearance.el
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
 ;; Highlight current line globally
 (global-hl-line-mode t)
 
-;; Display line numbers globally
-(global-linum-mode t)
+;; Customize line numbers when Emacs runs in console
 (if window-system ()
   (setq linum+-smart-format "%%%dd " linum+-dynamic-format "%%%dd "))
 
diff --git a/languages/coffee-script.el b/languages/coffee-script.el
index 81b8d2c..8d0aba2 100644
--- a/languages/coffee-script.el
+++ b/languages/coffee-script.el
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 (add-hook 'coffee-mode-hook
           (lambda ()
             (fci-mode)
+            (linum-mode t)
             (setq tab-width 2)))
diff --git a/languages/cucumber.el b/languages/cucumber.el
index 6034d5f..644c631 100644
--- a/languages/cucumber.el
+++ b/languages/cucumber.el
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 (add-hook 'feature-mode-hook
           (lambda ()
             (fci-mode)
+            (linum-mode t)
             (setq whitespace-action (quote (auto-cleanup)))))
diff --git a/languages/elisp.el b/languages/elisp.el
index a3fdd6f..350d324 100644
--- a/languages/elisp.el
+++ b/languages/elisp.el
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
           (lambda ()
             (flyspell-prog-mode)
             (setq whitespace-action (quote (auto-cleanup)))
-            (fci-mode)))
+            (fci-mode)
+            (linum-mode t)))
diff --git a/languages/erlang.el b/languages/erlang.el
index c0ad397..88d782d 100644
--- a/languages/erlang.el
+++ b/languages/erlang.el
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@
 (setq exec-path (cons "/usr/local/bin" exec-path))
 (require 'erlang-start)
 (require 'erlang-flymake)
+
+(add-hook 'erland-mode-hook
+          (lambda ()
+            (linum-mode t)))
diff --git a/languages/javascript.el b/languages/javascript.el
index efda8d8..353e028 100644
--- a/languages/javascript.el
+++ b/languages/javascript.el
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 (add-hook 'js-mode-hook
           (lambda ()
             (fci-mode)
+            (linum-mode t)
             (setq tab-width 2)))
diff --git a/languages/markdown.el b/languages/markdown.el
index 730b84d..0985e07 100644
--- a/languages/markdown.el
+++ b/languages/markdown.el
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
           (lambda ()
             (setq whitespace-action nil)
             (fci-mode)
+            (linum-mode t)
             (flyspell-mode 1)
             (define-key markdown-mode-map (kbd "C-c p") 'markdown-preview)))
diff --git a/languages/php.el b/languages/php.el
index 33a5647..6b2286d 100644
--- a/languages/php.el
+++ b/languages/php.el
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 (add-hook 'php-mode-hook
           (lambda ()
             (setq whitespace-action (quote (auto-cleanup)))
-            (fci-mode)))
+            (fci-mode)
+            (linum-mode t)))
diff --git a/languages/ruby.el b/languages/ruby.el
index 88a08d9..b11da82 100644
--- a/languages/ruby.el
+++ b/languages/ruby.el
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
             (flymake-ruby-load)
             (flyspell-prog-mode)
             (ruby-electric-mode t)
+            (linum-mode t)
             (setq ruby-deep-arglist t)
             (setq ruby-deep-indent-paren nil)
             (setq c-tab-always-indent nil)
diff --git a/languages/yaml.el b/languages/yaml.el
index ea318dc..08daf3f 100644
--- a/languages/yaml.el
+++ b/languages/yaml.el
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 (add-hook 'yaml-mode-hook
           '(lambda ()
              (fci-mode)
+             (linum-mode t)
              (define-key yaml-mode-map (kbd "RET") 'newline-and-indent)))