diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/title.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/title.kak
index 8f9ea643..d902d36b 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/title.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/title.kak
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ $(printf '%s\n' "$kak_buflist" | awk '{gsub(/\*[^*]+\*|[^[:space:]]+/,"&\n"); pr
 EOF
 
 title="$list - $kak_client@[$kak_session]"
-printf "set-option -add global ui_options %%{terminal_title=%s}\n" "$title"
+printf "eval -client '%s' set-option -add global ui_options %%{terminal_title=%s}\n" "$kak_client" "$title"
 }
 }