diff --git a/_clang-format b/_clang-format
index f4f35ea23..4d0f0f824 100644
--- a/_clang-format
+++ b/_clang-format
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AlignConsecutiveAssignments: true
 AlignConsecutiveDeclarations: true
-AlignEscapedNewlinesLeft: false
+AlignEscapedNewlinesLeft: true 
 AlignOperands: true
 AlignTrailingComments: true
 AllowAllParametersOfDeclarationOnNextLine: false
@@ -41,5 +41,6 @@ SpacesInCStyleCastParentheses: false
 SpacesInContainerLiterals: false
 SpacesInParentheses: false
 SpacesInSquareBrackets: false
+Standard: Cpp11
 TabWidth: 4
 UseTab: Never