diff --git a/src/tui/mode/input/home.zig b/src/keybind/static/input/home.zig
similarity index 94%
rename from src/tui/mode/input/home.zig
rename to src/keybind/static/input/home.zig
index c68a355..f6840b2 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/input/home.zig
+++ b/src/keybind/static/input/home.zig
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const tp = @import("thespian");
-const root = @import("root");
-
 const key = @import("renderer").input.key;
 const event_type = @import("renderer").input.event_type;
 const mod = @import("renderer").input.modifier;
 const command = @import("command");
 const EventHandler = @import("EventHandler");
-
-const tui = @import("../../tui.zig");
+const keybind = @import("../root.zig");
 
 const Self = @This();
 
@@ -16,16 +13,12 @@ allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
 f: usize = 0,
 leader: ?struct { keypress: u32, modifiers: u32 } = null,
 
-pub fn create(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !tui.Mode {
+pub fn create(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !EventHandler {
     const self: *Self = try allocator.create(Self);
     self.* = .{
         .allocator = allocator,
     };
-    return .{
-        .input_handler = EventHandler.to_owned(self),
-        .name = root.application_name,
-        .keybind_hints = &hints,
-    };
+    return EventHandler.to_owned(self);
 }
 
 pub fn deinit(self: *Self) void {
@@ -155,7 +148,7 @@ fn sheeran(self: *Self) void {
     }
 }
 
-const hints = tui.KeybindHints.initComptime(.{
+pub const hints = keybind.KeybindHints.initComptime(.{
     .{ "find_in_files", "C-S-f" },
     .{ "open_file", "o, C-o" },
     .{ "open_recent", "e, C-e" },
diff --git a/src/keybind/static/root.zig b/src/keybind/static/root.zig
index 3daa26e..2d159bc 100644
--- a/src/keybind/static/root.zig
+++ b/src/keybind/static/root.zig
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 pub const mode = struct {
+    pub const input = struct {
+        pub const home = @import("input/home.zig");
+    };
     pub const overlay = struct {
         pub const palette = @import("overlay/palette.zig");
     };
diff --git a/src/tui/tui.zig b/src/tui/tui.zig
index b4f1b19..a9adfb0 100644
--- a/src/tui/tui.zig
+++ b/src/tui/tui.zig
@@ -561,6 +561,14 @@ fn enter_overlay_mode(self: *Self, mode: type) command.Result {
     self.refresh_hover();
 }
 
+fn static_mode(self: *Self, mode: anytype, name: []const u8) !Mode {
+    return .{
+        .input_handler = try mode.create(self.allocator),
+        .name = name,
+        .keybind_hints = &mode.hints,
+    };
+}
+
 const cmds = struct {
     pub const Target = Self;
     const Ctx = command.Context;
@@ -662,7 +670,7 @@ const cmds = struct {
         else if (std.mem.eql(u8, mode, "flow"))
             try @import("mode/input/flow.zig").create(self.allocator)
         else if (std.mem.eql(u8, mode, "home"))
-            try @import("mode/input/home.zig").create(self.allocator)
+            try self.static_mode(keybind.mode.input.home, "home")
         else ret: {
             self.logger.print("unknown mode {s}", .{mode});
             break :ret try @import("mode/input/flow.zig").create(self.allocator);