diff --git a/.config/kak/kakrc b/.config/kak/kakrc
index 8763d18b..afd68d25 100644
--- a/.config/kak/kakrc
+++ b/.config/kak/kakrc
@@ -111,3 +111,19 @@ define-command -docstring "Create a scratch buffer" scratch %{
 alias global s scratch
 
 # bar experimenting
+declare-option str bar_buflist ""
+define-command bar-buflist %{
+    evaluate-commands %sh{
+        list=''
+        while read buf; do
+        index=$(($index + 1))
+        # if [ "$buf" = "$kak_bufname" ]; then
+        list="$list  $index $buf "
+        done <<< $(printf '%s\n' "$kak_buflist" | tr ':' '\n')
+        echo "set-option global bar_buflist '$list'"
+    }
+}
+define-command bar-refresh %exp{
+    bar-buflist
+    set-option -add global ui_options terminal_title=%opt{bar_buflist}
+}