diff --git a/.config/kak/kakrc b/.config/kak/kakrc
index 9a91e66f..8763d18b 100644
--- a/.config/kak/kakrc
+++ b/.config/kak/kakrc
@@ -110,3 +110,4 @@ define-command -docstring "Create a scratch buffer" scratch %{
 }
 alias global s scratch
 
+# bar experimenting
diff --git a/.config/waybar/config##hostname.dbox b/.config/waybar/config##hostname.dbox
index df69d597..c5d93365 100644
--- a/.config/waybar/config##hostname.dbox
+++ b/.config/waybar/config##hostname.dbox
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
       "clock"
     ],
     "niri/window": {
-      "max-length": 50,
+      "max-length": 100,
       "separate-outputs": true
     },
     "custom/colcount": {
@@ -130,4 +130,4 @@
       }
     }
   }
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]