diff --git a/.config/fish/fish_variables b/.config/fish/fish_variables
index 5190f07b..bfdef59b 100644
--- a/.config/fish/fish_variables
+++ b/.config/fish/fish_variables
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ SETUVAR --export AUTOYADMPUSH:1
 SETUVAR --export EDITOR:kak
 SETUVAR --export IGREP_CUSTOM_EDITOR:kak\x20\x2b\x7bline_number\x7d\x20\x7bfile_name\x7d
 SETUVAR --export KAKOUNE_POSIX_SHELL:/usr/bin/dash
+SETUVAR --export KAK_ON_LOCAL:true
 SETUVAR --export XDG_CONFIG_HOME:/home/fic/\x2econfig
 SETUVAR Z_DATA_DIR:/home/fic/\x2elocal/share/z
 SETUVAR __fish_initialized:3800
diff --git a/.config/kak/kakrc b/.config/kak/kakrc
index 17d8a7cf..681776bb 100644
--- a/.config/kak/kakrc
+++ b/.config/kak/kakrc
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 # TODO: set up auto root discovery on KakBegin
 
 declare-option -hidden bool on_server %sh{
-    if [ -z "$KAK_ON_SERVER" ]; then
-        printf 'false'
-    else
+    if [ -z "$KAK_ON_LOCAL" ]; then
         printf 'true'
+    else
+        printf 'false'
     fi
 }