diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/search-highlight.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/search-highlight.kak
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..259c8a0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/search-highlight.kak
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# used by kakrc.kak to highlight as keywords
+add-highlighter global/ dynregex '%reg{/}' 0:rgb:D87C4A+i
+
diff --git a/.config/kak/kakrc b/.config/kak/kakrc
index 06f171b2..f9f2048c 100644
--- a/.config/kak/kakrc
+++ b/.config/kak/kakrc
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ declare-option -hidden bool on_server %sh{
 define-command -override true nop
 define-command -override false fail
 
-# used by kakrc.kak to highlight as keywords
 
 try %{
     %opt{on_server}
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ set-option global indentwidth 4
 
 hook global WinSetOption filetype=kak %{
     declare-option str-list extra_kak_keywords addhl decl def compl eval exec rmhl rmhooks face set unset
-    declare-option str bracket_color 0:rgb:737373
+    
     eval %sh{
         join() { sep=$2; eval set -- $1; IFS="$sep"; echo "$*"; }
         if [ -n "$kak_opt_extra_kak_keywords" ]; then
@@ -133,12 +132,8 @@ hook global WinSetOption filetype=kak %{
         fi
     }
     # make brackets gray a-la Ashen
-    add-highlighter shared/sh_highlight group
-    add-highlighter shared/sh_highlight/brackets regex [\[\]\(\)\{\}] 0:rgb:737373
-    add-highlighter shared/kakrc/shell1 region -recurse '\{' '(^|\h)\K%?%sh\{' '\}' ref shared/sh_highlight
-    # add-highlighter shared/kakrc/sh_delim_close regex '[\}\)\]\>]' %opt{bracket_color}
 
-    # add-highlighter window/bracket regex [\[\]\(\)\{\}]{1} 0:rgb:737373
+    add-highlighter window/bracket regex [\[\]\(\)\{\}]{1} 0:rgb:737373
     # special highlighting for escaped goodies in regex
     # add-highlighter window/regex-escaped regex \\[\[\]\(\)\{\}fnrtv0\\dwshDWSH] 0:rgb:e5e5e5
 }