diff --git a/scripts/kks-buffers b/scripts/kks-buffers
index 3e087d6..0478c37 100755
--- a/scripts/kks-buffers
+++ b/scripts/kks-buffers
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 #
 # requires:
 # - fzf (https://github.com/junegunn/fzf)
-# - highlight (faster than bat, change to your liking) (https://gitlab.com/saalen/highlight)
+# - bat (change to your liking) (https://github.com/sharkdp/bat)
 
-preview_cmd="highlight --line-range=1-100 -t 4 --force -O ansi -"
+preview_cmd="bat --color=always --line-range=:500"
 history_file="$HOME/.cache/kks-buffers-history"
+
 [ -f "$history_file" ] || touch "$history_file"
 
 kks get %val[buflist] |
diff --git a/scripts/kks-files b/scripts/kks-files
index eb768fa..f771ea3 100755
--- a/scripts/kks-files
+++ b/scripts/kks-files
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
 # requires:
 # - fd (https://github.com/sharkdp/fd)
 # - fzf (https://github.com/junegunn/fzf)
-# - highlight (faster than bat, change to your liking) (https://gitlab.com/saalen/highlight)
+# - bat (change to your liking) (https://github.com/sharkdp/bat)
 
-preview_cmd="highlight --line-range=1-100 -t 4 --force -O ansi"
+preview_cmd="bat --color=always --line-range=:500"
 history_file="$HOME/.cache/kks-files-history"
+
 [ -f "$history_file" ] || touch "$history_file"
 
 fd --type file . "$@" |
diff --git a/scripts/kks-grep b/scripts/kks-grep
index 062a98d..16893b3 100755
--- a/scripts/kks-grep
+++ b/scripts/kks-grep
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 # - fzf (https://github.com/junegunn/fzf)
 
 history_file="$HOME/.cache/kks-grep-history"
+
 [ -f "$history_file" ] || touch "$history_file"
 
 rg --vimgrep '.+' "$@" |
diff --git a/scripts/kks-mru b/scripts/kks-mru
index d1141d0..0b189a1 100755
--- a/scripts/kks-mru
+++ b/scripts/kks-mru
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # requires:
 # - fzf (https://github.com/junegunn/fzf)
-# - highlight (faster than bat) (https://gitlab.com/saalen/highlight)
+# - bat (change to your liking) (https://github.com/sharkdp/bat)
 #
 # for this to work, add the following in kakrc:
 # (requires sponge from moreutils: https://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/)
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #     }
 # }
 
-preview_cmd="highlight --line-range=1-100 -t 4 --force -O ansi"
+preview_cmd="bat --color=always --line-range=:500"
 
 (fzf --height 100% --prompt 'mru> ' --preview "$preview_cmd {}" |
 	xargs -r kks edit) < ~/.cache/kak-mru