diff --git a/functions/vim.zsh b/functions/vim.zsh
index 34a30c7..c304098 100644
--- a/functions/vim.zsh
+++ b/functions/vim.zsh
@@ -6,5 +6,13 @@ vimscratch() {
     if [ ! -t 0 ] ; then
         stdin_arg="-"
     fi
-    vim -c "set buftype=nofile" $@ $stdin_arg
+    set +x
+    if [[ -n "$1" ]]; then
+        filetype=$1
+        shift
+        vim -c "set buftype=nofile" -c "set filetype=$filetype" $@ $stdin_arg
+    else
+        vim -c "set buftype=nofile" $filetype_arg $@ $stdin_arg
+    fi
+
 }