diff --git a/.config/jj/config.toml b/.config/jj/config.toml
index 57bc48c3..ea9ecfad 100644
--- a/.config/jj/config.toml
+++ b/.config/jj/config.toml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ log_node = '''
default-command = "st"
diff-editor = "gitpatch"
# diff-editor = ",jj-nvimdiff"
+diff-formatter = ["difft", "--color=always", "$left", "$right"]
pager = ":builtin"
# default will be `glob:` in the future, so switch to it proactively