diff --git a/.config/nvim/init.lua b/.config/nvim/init.lua
index 0e6cce5..bdb5cfc 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/init.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/init.lua
@@ -55,3 +55,6 @@ vim.keymap.set("n", "<Leader>f", "<cmd>%s/\\s\\+$//e<CR>")
 
 -- copy entire file to graphical buffer
 vim.keymap.set("n", "<Leader>y", 'ggVG"+y<C-o>'          )
+
+-- copy selection to graphical buffer
+vim.keymap.set("v", "<Leader>y", '"+y'                   )
diff --git a/.config/zsh/.kubectl_aliases b/.config/zsh/.kubectl_aliases
index 39df200..3a2bdc5 100644
--- a/.config/zsh/.kubectl_aliases
+++ b/.config/zsh/.kubectl_aliases
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+alias kx='kubectx'
+alias kn='kubens'
 alias k='kubectl'
 alias ksys='kubectl --namespace=kube-system'
 alias ka='kubectl apply --recursive -f'
diff --git a/.config/zsh/.zsh_aliases b/.config/zsh/.zsh_aliases
index d8683a7..01d0d37 100644
--- a/.config/zsh/.zsh_aliases
+++ b/.config/zsh/.zsh_aliases
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ alias wconf="$EDITOR $HOME/.config/sway"
 alias zshconf="$EDITOR $ZDOTDIR/.zshrc && . $ZDOTDIR/.zshrc"
 
 function fnalias() {
-    # alias alias_cmd='cmd'
     cmd="$(alias "$2")"
+    shell="$(ps -q "$$" -o 'comm=')"
 
     if [ -n "$cmd" ]; then
         # remove everything before and including the first =
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ function fnalias() {
         cmd="$2"
     fi
 
-    env "$1" "$cmd" "${@:3}"
+    $shell -c "$1 $(echo "$cmd" | sed 's/--color=.\+/--color=force/') ${@:3}"
 }
 
-alias watch='fnalias watch'
+alias watch='fnalias "watch -c"'
+alias xargs='fnalias xargs'
diff --git a/bin/dkpurge b/bin/dkpurge
index bd153b5..0c75f73 100755
--- a/bin/dkpurge
+++ b/bin/dkpurge
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ if [ -n "$PS" ]; then
     $READ
     case "${ANS,,}" in
         'y'|'yes'|'')
-            echo "$PS" | xargs docker rm 2> /dev/null
+            docker rm "$PS" 2> /dev/null
             ;;
         'a'|'all')
-            echo "$PS" | xargs docker rm -f
+            docker rm -f "$PS"
             ;;
     esac
 fi
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ if [ -n "$VOL" ]; then
     $READ
     case "${ANS,,}" in
         'y'|'yes'|'a'|'all'|'')
-            echo "$VOL" | xargs docker volume rm -f 2> /dev/null
+            docker volume rm -f "$VOL" 2> /dev/null
             ;;
     esac
 fi
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ if [ -n "$IMG" ]; then
                     TO_CLEAN="$TO_CLEAN $img"
                 fi
             done
-            echo "$TO_CLEAN" | xargs docker image rm -f 2> /dev/null
+            docker image rm -f "$TO_CLEAN" 2> /dev/null
             ;;
         'a'|'all')
-            echo "$IMG" | xargs docker image rm -f 2> /dev/null
+            docker image rm -f "$IMG" 2> /dev/null
             ;;
     esac
 fi