diff --git a/.config/fish/functions/man.fish b/.config/fish/functions/man.fish
index 12987c21..c0b39f23 100644
--- a/.config/fish/functions/man.fish
+++ b/.config/fish/functions/man.fish
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ function man --wraps man --description 'Format and display manual pages'
     else
         set fish_data_dir $__fish_datadir
     end
-
+    set -l kakcmd 'set buffer filetype man; set buffer readonly true'
     set -l fish_manpath (dirname $fish_data_dir)/fish/man
     if test -d "$fish_manpath" -a -n "$MANPATH"
         set MANPATH "$fish_manpath":$MANPATH
-        command man $argv | kak -e 'set buffer filetype man'
+        command man $argv | kak -e "$kakcmd"
         return
     end
-    command man $argv | kak -e 'set buffer filetype man'
+    command man $argv | kak -e "$kakcmd"
 end
diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/filetype.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/filetype.kak
index ab7eeee6..2a5862a9 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/filetype.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/filetype.kak
@@ -37,4 +37,9 @@ hook global WinSetOption filetype=man %{
         remove-highlighter window/show-whitespaces
         ui-wrap-disable
     }
+    execute-keys %sh{
+        result=$((kak_window_height / 2 - 1))
+        notify-send 'this'
+        printf '%d%s' "$result" 'j'
+    }
 }