diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/insert-mode.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/insert-mode.kak
index 850cb95d..c5db8ca7 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/insert-mode.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/insert-mode.kak
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
-map global insert <c-a> <home>
-map global insert <c-e> <end>
+map global insert <c-m> <home>
+map global insert <c-i> <end>
 # indentation
 map global insert <c-.> <a-semicolon><gt>
 map global insert <c-,> <a-semicolon><lt>
 
-map global insert <c-b> <a-semicolon>bi
-map global insert <c-w> <a-semicolon>wi
+# word movement (based version)
+map global insert <c-b> <a-semicolon>b
+map global insert <c-left> <a-semicolon>b
+map global insert <c-w> <a-semicolon>w
+map global insert <c-right> <a-semicolon>w
+map global insert <c-l> <a-semicolon>e
+map global insert <c-up> <a-semicolon>[p
+map global insert <c-down> <a-semicolon>]p
 
 define-command -hidden insert-char-no-hook %{
     execute-keys '<a-;>\i'