diff --git a/.config/kitty/kitty.conf b/.config/kitty/kitty.conf
index d4431c0..48f0637 100644
--- a/.config/kitty/kitty.conf
+++ b/.config/kitty/kitty.conf
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ font_size           10.0
 include themes/current.conf
 
 allow_remote_control    yes
+# necessary to run kitty @ commands from outside kitty
+listen_on unix:/tmp/kitty
 
 #map ctrl+c          copy_to_clipboard
 map ctrl+v          paste_from_clipboard
diff --git a/.config/scripts/toggle_theme.sh b/.config/scripts/toggle_theme.sh
index bda94b8..7439d3f 100755
--- a/.config/scripts/toggle_theme.sh
+++ b/.config/scripts/toggle_theme.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ xrdb "$PATH_THEME/current"
 # kitty
 
 PATH_THEME="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/kitty/themes"
-
+SOCKET="/tmp/kitty-"$(pgrep kitty)
 case "$1" in
     light)
         cp "$PATH_THEME/onehalf-light.conf" "$PATH_THEME/current.conf"
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ case "$1" in
         ;;
 esac
 
-kitty @ set-colors --all --configured "$PATH_THEME/current.conf" > /dev/null
+#kitty @ set-colors --all --configured "$PATH_THEME/current.conf" > /dev/null
+kitty @ --to=unix:$SOCKET set-colors --all --configured "$PATH_THEME/current.conf"
 tput sgr0
 tput op