diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 601ccc3..c0c5338 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- [ ] !!! use file path for git parsing instead of cwd
+- [x] !!! use file path for git parsing instead of cwd
 
 - [x] add version flag
 - [x] don't pass `0` line/col to kak
diff --git a/scripts/kks-buffers b/scripts/kks-buffers
index b99d480..3e087d6 100755
--- a/scripts/kks-buffers
+++ b/scripts/kks-buffers
@@ -7,13 +7,16 @@
 # - highlight (faster than bat, change to your liking) (https://gitlab.com/saalen/highlight)
 
 preview_cmd="highlight --line-range=1-100 -t 4 --force -O ansi -"
+history_file="$HOME/.cache/kks-buffers-history"
+[ -f "$history_file" ] || touch "$history_file"
 
 kks get %val[buflist] |
 	grep -F "$*" |
 	fzf --height 100% --prompt 'buf> ' --preview "kks cat -b {} | $preview_cmd" \
 		--header="[c-x] delete, [c-t] new scratch" \
 		--bind="ctrl-x:execute-silent(kks send -b {} delete-buffer)+reload(kks get %val[buflist])" \
-		--bind="ctrl-t:execute-silent(kks send edit -scratch {q})+reload(kks get %val[buflist])" |
+		--bind="ctrl-t:execute-silent(kks send edit -scratch {q})+reload(kks get %val[buflist])" \
+		--history="$history_file" |
 	while read -r name; do
 		kks send buffer "$name"
 	done
diff --git a/scripts/kks-files b/scripts/kks-files
index 3e42ec8..eb768fa 100755
--- a/scripts/kks-files
+++ b/scripts/kks-files
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@
 # - highlight (faster than bat, change to your liking) (https://gitlab.com/saalen/highlight)
 
 preview_cmd="highlight --line-range=1-100 -t 4 --force -O ansi"
+history_file="$HOME/.cache/kks-files-history"
+[ -f "$history_file" ] || touch "$history_file"
 
 fd --type file . "$@" |
-	fzf --multi --height 100% --prompt 'files> ' --preview "$preview_cmd {}" |
+	fzf --multi --height 100% --prompt 'files> ' \
+		--preview "$preview_cmd {}" --history="$history_file" |
 	while read -r file; do
 		kks edit "$file"
 	done
diff --git a/scripts/kks-grep b/scripts/kks-grep
index 32c181b..062a98d 100755
--- a/scripts/kks-grep
+++ b/scripts/kks-grep
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
 # - ripgrep (https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep)
 # - fzf (https://github.com/junegunn/fzf)
 
+history_file="$HOME/.cache/kks-grep-history"
+[ -f "$history_file" ] || touch "$history_file"
+
 rg --vimgrep '.+' "$@" |
-	fzf --height 100% --prompt 'grep> ' |
+	fzf --height 100% --prompt 'grep> ' --history="$history_file" |
 	awk -F':' '{print $1 " " "+" $2 ":" $3 }' |
 	xargs -r kks edit