diff --git a/users/pbsds/home/profiles/bat.nix b/users/pbsds/home/profiles/bat.nix
index 2b98987..3f7463e 100644
--- a/users/pbsds/home/profiles/bat.nix
+++ b/users/pbsds/home/profiles/bat.nix
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ in
 
   # bat - TODO: condition these on programs.bat.enable ?
   home.shellAliases.cat = "bat --style=plain --paging=never";
-  home.shellAliases.cata = mkArgsAlias ''printf "set -x; bat --paging never --style plain %q\n" "$@" | xargs -d'\n' ${lib.getExe pkgs.mprocs}'';
-  home.shellAliases.bata = mkArgsAlias ''printf "set -x; bat --paging never --style plain %q\n" "$@" | xargs -d'\n' ${lib.getExe pkgs.mprocs}'';
+  home.shellAliases.cata = mkArgsAlias ''printf "echo + "$@"; bat --style plain --paging never %q\n" "$@" | xargs -d'\n' ${lib.getExe pkgs.mprocs}'';
+  home.shellAliases.bata = mkArgsAlias ''printf "echo + "$@"; bat --style plain %q\n" "$@" | xargs -d'\n' ${lib.getExe pkgs.mprocs}'';
   #home.shellAliases.man = "batman";
   #home.shellAliases.man = "PAGER=${pkgs.most}/bin/most man";