diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/title.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/title.kak
index 1c9b6bee..bc590997 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/title.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/title.kak
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# TODO: make the operation async!
-# Is there something we can do with global vs. window scoped title?
 declare-option bool bar_debug false
 declare-option -docstring %{
     Format string passed to printf for the bufferlist.
@@ -28,15 +26,15 @@ declare-option -docstring %{
 
     Default: '%s %s'
 } str bar_inactive_fmt '%s %s'
-declare-option -docstring %{
-    Format string passed to printf for the bufferlist.
-    It should be set in the global scope.
+# declare-option -docstring %{
+#     Format string passed to printf for the bufferlist.
+#     It should be set in the global scope.
 
-    It receives two string arguments, where the first is the buffer index,
-    and the second is the buffer name.
+#     It receives two string arguments, where the first is the buffer index,
+#     and the second is the buffer name.
 
-    Default: '%s %s+'
-} str bar_inactive_modified_fmt '%s %s+'
+#     Default: '%s %s+'
+# } str bar_inactive_modified_fmt '%s %s+'
 define-command -hidden bar-buflist %{
     nop %sh{
         {
@@ -68,7 +66,6 @@ EOF
                 list="$list [*debug*]"
             fi
             title="$list - $kak_client@[$kak_session]"
-            # printf "eval -verbatim set-option -add window ui_options %%{terminal_title=%s}" "$title" | kak -p ${kak_session}
             title_cmd=$(printf "eval -try-client '$kak_client' -verbatim set-option -add global ui_options %%{terminal_title=%s}" "$title")
             echo "$title_cmd" | kak -p ${kak_session}
             refresh_cmd=$(printf "eval -verbatim try %%{ exec -try-client '$kak_client' <c-l> }")
@@ -80,10 +77,4 @@ EOF
         } > /dev/null 2>&1 < /dev/null &
     }
 }
-hook global WinDisplay .* bar-buflist
-hook global FocusIn .* bar-buflist
-# hook global FocusOut .* bar-buflist
-hook global WinCreate .* bar-buflist
-hook global BufWritePost .* bar-buflist
-# hook global ModeChange .* bar-buflist
-# hook global NormalIdle .* bar-buflist
+hook global NormalIdle .* bar-buflist