diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak
index fd09c006..5cadc318 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak
@@ -24,26 +24,10 @@ define-command -hidden -override lsp-hide-code-actions %{
 set-option global lsp_debug false
 
 # list of filetypes for which LSP will be activated in the window scope
-declare-option str-list lsp_filetypes python %{
-    # programming
-    python
-	go
-	rust
-	bash
-	fish
-	c
-	cpp
-	# markup
-	typst
-	markdown
-	# config
-	yaml
-	json
-	jsonc
-}
+declare-option str-list lsp_filetypes python go rust bash fish c cpp typst markdown yaml json jsonc
 
 define-command -hidden lsp-filetype-hooks-update %{
-	try %{ remove-hooks window lsp-filetypes }
+	try %{ remove-hooks global lsp-filetypes }
 	# convert the str-list into regex of form (a|b|c|...)
 	hook -group lsp-filetypes global WinSetOption %exp~filetype=%sh{
 		printf '%s' "(${kak_opt_lsp_filetypes// /|})"
diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/picker.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/picker.kak
index 58d4f871..9dd7ae96 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/picker.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/picker.kak
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 define-command file-picker %{
-    prompt -shell-script-candidates 'fd . --type f --follow --no-ignore-vcs --ignore-file=.kakignore' open: %{
+    prompt -shell-script-candidates 'fd . --exclude "*.pdf" --type f --follow --no-ignore-vcs --ignore-file=.kakignore' open: %{
         edit -existing %val{text}
     }
 }