diff --git a/bin/qemush b/bin/qemush
index b1ce775..92eb503 100755
--- a/bin/qemush
+++ b/bin/qemush
@@ -16,13 +16,9 @@ exec_as qemu "$@"
 
 bin=bin
 images=images
-if [ -t 1 ]; then
-    cat=src-hilite-lesspipe.sh
-else
-    cat='cat'
-fi
 PATH="./${bin}:${PATH}"
 EDITOR="${EDITOR:-nvim}"
+[ -t 1 ] && alias cat='source-highlight -o STDOUT -f esc'
 alias ls='ls --color=auto'
 alias exec='exec '
 shopt -s expand_aliases
@@ -109,7 +105,7 @@ public_shell() {
 }
 
 public_cat() {
-    exec "$cat" "${bin}/${1}"
+    exec cat "${bin}/${1}"
 }
 
 function="$1"