diff --git a/.config/kak/kakrc b/.config/kak/kakrc
index afd68d25..95634581 100644
--- a/.config/kak/kakrc
+++ b/.config/kak/kakrc
@@ -113,17 +113,25 @@ alias global s scratch
 # bar experimenting
 declare-option str bar_buflist ""
 define-command bar-buflist %{
-    evaluate-commands %sh{
+    info %sh{
         list=''
         while read buf; do
         index=$(($index + 1))
         # if [ "$buf" = "$kak_bufname" ]; then
-        list="$list  $index $buf "
+        list="$list  $index $buf"
         done <<< $(printf '%s\n' "$kak_buflist" | tr ':' '\n')
-        echo "set-option global bar_buflist '$list'"
+        echo "set-option -add global ui_options terminal_title=$list"
     }
 }
-define-command bar-refresh %exp{
-    bar-buflist
-    set-option -add global ui_options terminal_title=%opt{bar_buflist}
-}
+# define-command bar-refresh %exp{
+#     bar-buflist
+#     set-option -add global ui_options terminal_title=%sh{
+#         list=''
+#         while read buf; do
+#         index=$(($index + 1))
+#         # if [ "$buf" = "$kak_bufname" ]; then
+#         list="$list  $index $buf "
+#         done <<< $(printf '%s\n' "$kak_buflist" | tr ':' '\n')
+#         # echo "set-option global bar_buflist '$list'"
+#     }
+# }