diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index e11aa5c..03c5acb 100644
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ nnoremap <Leader>z :set nonumber! norelativenumber!<CR>
 autocmd BufWritePre * :%s/\s\+$//e
 " entferne multiple consecutive empty lines
 if executable('cat')
-  autocmd BufWritePre *.md  %!cat -s
+  autocmd BufWritePre *.md silent %!cat -s
 endif
 " remove multiple whitespaces between words
 " https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5150870/efficient-way-to-remove-multiple-spaces-between-two-words-in-Vim