diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index a4a4bbe..c1b2e5a 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Makefile linguist-detectable=false
 *.html linguist-detectable=false
 *.js linguist-detectable=false
 *.pug linguist-detectable=false
-*.erl linguist-detectable=false
+*.erl linguist-detectable=true
 *.hrl linguist-detectable=false
 *.app.src linguist-detectable=false
 rebar.config linguist-detectable=false