diff --git a/.config/fish/functions/kak-session.fish b/.config/fish/functions/kak-session.fish
index f5c87d20..f608e595 100644
--- a/.config/fish/functions/kak-session.fish
+++ b/.config/fish/functions/kak-session.fish
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-function kak -w kak --description "kakoune where sessions are derived from parent git dirs"
+function kak-session -w kak --description "kakoune where sessions are derived from parent git dirs"
   # TODO(enricozb): https://github.com/enricozb/tabs.kak/issues/12
 
   set files # all arguments without a `-` prefix
diff --git a/.config/fish/functions/kak.fish b/.config/fish/functions/kak.fish
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04d6f589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/fish/functions/kak.fish
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+function kak --wraps=kak-session --description 'alias kak=kak-session'
+  kak-session $argv
+        
+end