diff --git a/lua/ivy/backends/rg.lua b/lua/ivy/backends/rg.lua
index 56d9921..5b76c9b 100644
--- a/lua/ivy/backends/rg.lua
+++ b/lua/ivy/backends/rg.lua
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ local rg = {
   command = "IvyRg",
   description = "Run ripgrep to search for content in files",
   keymap = "<leader>/",
-  items = utils.command_finder "rg --vimgrep --",
+  items = utils.command_finder "rg --no-require-git --max-columns 200 --vimgrep --",
   callback = utils.vimgrep_action(),
 }