diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bc78a9c..9550bc6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 # EdgeDB Vim Syntax
 
 This is a package with syntax highlighter for EdgeDB languages: EdgeQL and
-ESDL (EdgeDB Schema Definition Language).  The plugin is designed to work with
+ESDL (EdgeDB Schema Definition Language). The plugin is designed to work with
 vim and neovim.
 
 # Usage
 
 ## Manual Clone
+
 Copy this repo in your vim pack directory. More info in [Vim docs](https://github.com/vim/vim/blob/247bf0de465411e4ebb1c0fe1a9e07f4a7f77e91/runtime/doc/repeat.txt#L515)
 
 `git clone https://github.com/edgedb/edgedb-vim ~/.vim/pack/edgedb/start/edgedb`
@@ -14,13 +15,13 @@ Copy this repo in your vim pack directory. More info in [Vim docs](https://githu
 ### For Neovim using [Packer](https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim)
 
 ```
-    require('packer').startup(function(use)   
+    require('packer').startup(function(use)
         use 'edgedb/edgedb-vim'
     end)
 ```
 
 ## Using a plugin manager
-Use https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim or https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug.
 
-Files with extensions `esdl` and `edgeql` will be properly syntax highlighted.
+Use https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim or https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug.
 
+Files with extensions `esdl`, `edgeql` and `gel` will be properly syntax highlighted.
diff --git a/ftdetect/edgeql.vim b/ftdetect/edgeql.vim
index 559236c..c3f0c62 100644
--- a/ftdetect/edgeql.vim
+++ b/ftdetect/edgeql.vim
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.edgeql setf edgeql
 autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.esdl setf edgeql
+autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.gel setf edgeql
diff --git a/plugin/edgedb.vim b/plugin/edgedb.vim
index 115ce90..e743cd5 100644
--- a/plugin/edgedb.vim
+++ b/plugin/edgedb.vim
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 augroup edgedb
-    autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.esdl,*.edgeql :set filetype=edgeql
+    autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.esdl,*.edgeql,*.gel :set filetype=edgeql
 augroup end