diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak
index cf1beb91..cc264568 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ define-command -hidden lsp-filetype-hooks-update %{
 	try %{ remove-hooks global lsp-filetypes }
 	# convert the str-list into regex of form (a|b|c|...)
 	hook -group lsp-filetypes global WinSetOption %exp~filetype=%sh{
-		# printf '%s' "(${kak_opt_lsp_filetypes// /|})"
-        printf '%s\n' "$kak_opt_lsp_filetypes" | sed 's/ /|/g'
+        printf '%s\n' "($kak_opt_lsp_filetypes)" | sed 's/ /|/g'
 	}~ %{
     	# commands to execute for lsp window settings
 		lsp-enable-window