diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/fmt.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/fmt.kak
index 15b893ae..b32ac39f 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/fmt.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/fmt.kak
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 declare-option -hidden str fmt_command %{
     # fmt --uniform-spacing "--goal=$kak_opt_fmt_width" "--width=$kak_opt_fmt_width"  | perl -CS -pe 's/([.!?])\s{2,}/\1 /g'
-    fmt -u -w "$kak_opt_fmt_width" | perl -CS -pe 's/([.!?])\s{2,}/\1 /g'
+    fmt -u -w "$kak_opt_fmt_width" -g "$kak_opt_fmt_goal" | perl -CS -pe 's/([.!?])\s{2,}/\1 /g'
 }
 
 declare-option -hidden str fmt_mode fail
-declare-option int fmt_width 80
+declare-option int fmt_width 75
+declare-option int fmt_goal 70
 
 define-command -docstring "run fmt for each selection" fmt %{
 	evaluate-commands -save-regs | %{
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ define-command -docstring "enable autofmt at window scope" fmt-enable-window %{
 define-command -hidden fmt-impl-window %{
     try %{
         # do nothing if the line isn't too long
-        execute-keys -draft "x<a-k>^[^\n]{%opt{fmt_width},}[^\n]<ret>"
+        execute-keys -draft "x<a-k>^[^\n]{%opt{fmt_goal},}[^\n]<ret>"
         evaluate-commands -save-regs "c|s"  %{
             evaluate-commands -draft %{
                 execute-keys ';'