diff --git a/install b/install
index 0a32c11..409671b 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ lnfile vim/plugin/match-brackets.vim        ~/.vim/plugin/
 lnfile vim/plugin/airline-settings.vim      ~/.vim/plugin/
 lnfile vim/plugin/bufferline-settings.vim   ~/.vim/plugin/
 lnfile vim/plugin/ultisnips-settings.vim    ~/.vim/plugin/
+lnfile vim/plugin/nerdtree-settings.vim     ~/.vim/plugin/
 
 # Install my ftdetect plugins
 lnfile vim/ftdetect/swig.vim            ~/.vim/ftdetect/
diff --git a/vim/plugin/nerdtree-settings.vim b/vim/plugin/nerdtree-settings.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e2c8a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vim/plugin/nerdtree-settings.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+" File: nerdtree-settings.vim
+" Author: Nirenjan Krishnan
+" Description: Base settings for NERDTree plugin
+" Last Modified: May 21, 2014
+
+" Don't try to display Unicode characters for the tree
+let g:NERDTreeDirArrows = 0
+