diff --git a/.config/fish/functions/kak.fish b/.config/fish/functions/kak.fish
index 04d6f589..e767c0c4 100644
--- a/.config/fish/functions/kak.fish
+++ b/.config/fish/functions/kak.fish
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 function kak --wraps=kak-session --description 'alias kak=kak-session'
-  kak-session $argv
-        
+    if status is-interactive
+        kak-session $argv
+    else
+        command kak $argv
+    end
 end