diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/expand.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/expand.kak
index 1bc54ec9..93a37c9f 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/expand.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/expand.kak
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ provide-module expand %—
                     echo 'execute-keys "H<a-;>L<a-;>"'
                 fi
             else
-                echo 'nop' #single cursor do nothing
+                if [ "$1" = 'expand' ]; then
+                    echo 'execute-keys "L<a-;>H<a-;>"'
+                else
+                    echo 'nop'
+                fi
             fi
         }
     }
@@ -32,6 +36,6 @@ provide-module expand %—
     define-command shrink-selections %{
         expand-impl shrink
     }
-    map global object <a-e> ': expand-selections<ret>'
-    map global object <a-s> ': shrink-selections<ret>'
+    map global object <a-e> '<esc>: expand-selections<ret>' -docstring 'expand selections'
+    map global object <a-s> '<esc>: shrink-selections<ret>' -docstring 'shrink selections'
 —
diff --git a/.config/kak/kakrc b/.config/kak/kakrc
index bba95fe4..099c25f9 100644
--- a/.config/kak/kakrc
+++ b/.config/kak/kakrc
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ try %{
 }
 
 require-module surround
+require-module expand
 require-module ficgrep
 require-module byline
 require-module spell