diff --git a/emacs.el b/emacs.el
index 5b6e02b..f904e1a 100644
--- a/emacs.el
+++ b/emacs.el
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ Otherwize hook it."
             with-venv
             nyan-mode
             diredfl
+            hardhat
 
             editorconfig
             editorconfig-custom-majormode
@@ -580,6 +581,13 @@ THEM are function and its args."
 ;; mark-ring
 ;; (equal mark-ring (cl-copy-list mark-ring))
 
+(when (fboundp 'global-hardhat-mode)
+  (with-eval-after-load 'hardhat
+    (defvar hardhat-fullpath-protected-regexps)
+    (add-to-list 'hardhat-fullpath-protected-regexps
+                 "/.venv/"))
+  (global-hardhat-mode 1))
+
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