diff --git a/home/shell/terminal.nix b/home/shell/terminal.nix
index baac37c..7c4debe 100644
--- a/home/shell/terminal.nix
+++ b/home/shell/terminal.nix
@@ -8,25 +8,22 @@ let
       ruby -rjson -ryaml -e "puts YAML.load(ARGF).to_json" < ${path} > $out
     '';
 in {
-  # doesn't yet support font ligatures & undercurls
-  programs.alacritty = {
+  programs.kitty = {
     enable = true;
-    package = runCommand "alacritty" { buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ]; } ''
-      mkdir $out
-      ln -s ${alacritty}/* $out
-      rm $out/bin
-      makeWrapper ${tabbed}/bin/tabbed $out/bin/alacritty \
-        --add-flags "-c -n Alacritty" \
-        --add-flags "${alacritty}/bin/alacritty --embed"
-    '';
-    settings = recursiveUpdate {
-      key_bindings =
-        # disable font size bindings
-        map (key: {
-          inherit key;
-          mods = "Control";
-          action = "ReceiveChar";
-        }) [ "Key0" "Equals" "NumpadAdd" "NumpadSubtract" "Minus" ];
-    } (trivial.importJSON (yamlToJSON ./alacritty-vscode.yml));
+    keybindings = {
+      "ctrl+j" = "kitten pass_keys.py neighboring_window bottom ctrl+j";
+      "ctrl+k" = "kitten pass_keys.py neighboring_window top    ctrl+k";
+      "ctrl+h" = "kitten pass_keys.py neighboring_window left   ctrl+h";
+      "ctrl+l" = "kitten pass_keys.py neighboring_window right  ctrl+l";
+    };
+    settings = {
+      scrollback_pager = ''
+        nvim -u NONE -c "syntax on" -c 'set ft=man nonumber nolist showtabline=0 foldcolumn=0 laststatus=0' -c "autocmd VimEnter * normal G" -c "map q :qa!<CR>" -c "set clipboard+=unnamedplus" -'';
+    };
   };
+
+  xdg.configFile."kitty/pass_keys.py".source =
+    "${vimPlugins.vim-kitty-navigator}/share/vim-plugins/vim-kitty-navigator/pass_keys.py";
+  xdg.configFile."kitty/neighboring_window.py".source =
+    "${vimPlugins.vim-kitty-navigator}/share/vim-plugins/vim-kitty-navigator/neighboring_window.py";
 }