diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/title.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/title.kak
index 9072a41b..fa5e3cd4 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/title.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/title.kak
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ $(printf '%s\n' "$kak_buflist" | awk '{gsub(/\*[^*]+\*|[^[:space:]]+/,"&\n"); pr
 EOF
 
             title="$list - $kak_client@[$kak_session]"
-            printf "eval -client '%s' set-option -add global ui_options %%{terminal_title=%s}\n" "$kak_client" "$title" | kak -p ${kak_session}
+            printf "eval -try-client '%s' -verbatim set-option -add global ui_options %%{terminal_title=%s}\n" "$kak_client" "$title" | kak -p ${kak_session}
         } > /dev/null 2>&1 < /dev/null &
     }
 }