diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/plugins.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/plugins.kak
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c54a6143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/plugins.kak
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# init bundle
+source "%val{config}/bundle/kak-bundle/rc/kak-bundle.kak"
+bundle-noload kak-bundle https://codeberg.org/jdugan6240/kak-bundle
+
+bundle inc-dec.kak https://gitlab.com/Screwtapello/kakoune-inc-dec %{
+    map -docstring "increment" global normal <c-a> %{: inc-dec-modify-numbers + %val{count}<ret>}
+    map -docstring "decrement" global normal <c-x> %{: inc-dec-modify-numbers - %val{count}<ret>}
+}
+
+
+bundle auto-pairs.kak https://github.com/alexherbo2/auto-pairs.kak %{
+  enable-auto-pairs
+}
+
+bundle fzf.kak https://github.com/andreyorst/fzf.kak %{
+  require-module fzf
+  set-option global fzf_highlight_command "bat"
+  require-module fzf-grep
+  set-option global fzf_grep_command "rg"
+  require-module fzf-file
+  set-option global fzf_file_command "fd . --no-ignore-vcs"
+  map -docstring "fzf mode" global user f ": fzf-mode<ret>"
+}
+
diff --git a/.config/kak/colors/ashen.kak b/.config/kak/colors/ashen.kak
index 271525cd..79762635 100644
--- a/.config/kak/colors/ashen.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/colors/ashen.kak
@@ -1,31 +1,6 @@
 # ashen theme
 
 evaluate-commands %sh{
-
-    # GRUVBOX
-    gray="rgb:928374"
-    red="rgb:fb4934"
-    green="rgb:b8bb26"
-    yellow="rgb:fabd2f"
-    blue="rgb:83a598"
-    purple="rgb:d3869b"
-    aqua="rgb:8ec07c"
-    orange="rgb:fe8019"
-
-    bg="rgb:282828"
-    bg_alpha="rgba:282828a0"
-    bg1="rgb:3c3836"
-    bg2="rgb:504945"
-    bg3="rgb:665c54"
-    bg4="rgb:7c6f64"
-
-    fg="rgb:ebdbb2"
-    fg_alpha="rgba:ebdbb2a0"
-    fg0="rgb:fbf1c7"
-    fg2="rgb:d5c4a1"
-    fg3="rgb:bdae93"
-    fg4="rgb:a89984"
-
     # ASHEN
 
     cursorline="rgb:191919"
@@ -55,7 +30,6 @@ evaluate-commands %sh{
     g_10="rgb:1d1d1d"
     g_11="rgb:191919"
     g_12="rgb:151515"
-    aqua="rgb:8ec07c"
 
 
     echo "
@@ -71,8 +45,7 @@ evaluate-commands %sh{
         face global attribute     ${g_4}
         face global comment       ${g_6}+i
         face global documentation comment
-        # TODO: change
-        face global meta          ${aqua}
+        face global meta          ${red_ember}
         face global builtin       ${blue}
 
         # Markdown highlighting
@@ -110,6 +83,6 @@ evaluate-commands %sh{
         face global Prompt             ${orange_glow}
         face global MatchingChar       ${orange_smolder}+uf
         face global BufferPadding      LineNumbers
-        face global Whitespace         ${bg2}+f
+        face global Whitespace         ${g_7}
     "
 }
diff --git a/.config/kak/kakrc b/.config/kak/kakrc
index b422ba7a..680e0d2f 100644
--- a/.config/kak/kakrc
+++ b/.config/kak/kakrc
@@ -1,28 +1,4 @@
-colorscheme gruvbox-dark
-
-# init bundle
-source "%val{config}/bundle/kak-bundle/rc/kak-bundle.kak"
-bundle-noload kak-bundle https://codeberg.org/jdugan6240/kak-bundle
-
-bundle inc-dec.kak https://gitlab.com/Screwtapello/kakoune-inc-dec %{
-    map -docstring "increment" global normal <c-a> %{: inc-dec-modify-numbers + %val{count}<ret>}
-    map -docstring "decrement" global normal <c-x> %{: inc-dec-modify-numbers - %val{count}<ret>}
-}
-
-
-bundle auto-pairs.kak https://github.com/alexherbo2/auto-pairs.kak %{
-  enable-auto-pairs
-}
-
-bundle fzf.kak https://github.com/andreyorst/fzf.kak %{
-  require-module fzf
-  set-option global fzf_highlight_command "bat"
-  require-module fzf-grep
-  set-option global fzf_grep_command "rg"
-  require-module fzf-file
-  set-option global fzf_file_command "fd . --no-ignore-vcs"
-  map -docstring "fzf mode" global user f ": fzf-mode<ret>"
-}
+colorscheme ashen
 
 # disable clippy
 set-option global ui_options terminal_assistant=none
@@ -46,7 +22,7 @@ set-option global indentwidth 4
 
 set-option global scrolloff 3,3
 
-add-highlighter global/ number-lines -hlcursor -relative -separator "  " -cursor-separator " |"
+add-highlighter global/ number-lines -hlcursor -relative -separator "  "
 add-highlighter global/ show-matching
 
 add-highlighter global/ wrap -word -indent