The end of the academic year is approaching, and millions of university students across the world will soon be donning their caps and gowns to walk across a stage and receive what they’ve been working towards for years (plus a lovely helping of student loan debt). It’s nerve-wracking enough, and a bad hair day is definitely not needed on top.

Unfortunately, graduation caps (or mortarboards, if you want to use their proper name) are one of the last pieces of headgear that really don’t cater to those of us with bigger hair. With a flat square top and a narrow piece of non-stretchy fabric to secure it in place, it’s definitely a struggle.

But New York City college student Chizi Duru recently came to every Afro-haired grad’s help by posting a speedy video tutorial on how to attach a plastic headband to a cap and pop it on your head. The result? Your crown of hair in all its glory, and not forcefully flattened or squashed into a cap.

This student just created a genius graduation cap hack for Afro hair