diff --git a/src/keybind/dynamic/keybind.zig b/src/keybind/dynamic/keybind.zig
index 399b770..df7c190 100644
--- a/src/keybind/dynamic/keybind.zig
+++ b/src/keybind/dynamic/keybind.zig
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ pub fn parse_key_events(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, str: []const u8) ![]KeyEve
                         state = .escape_sequence_start;
                         i += 1;
                     },
-                    'a'...'z', ';', '0'...'9' => {
+                    'a'...'z', '\\', '[', ']', '/', '`', '-', '=', ';', '0'...'9' => {
                         try result.append(.{ .key = str[i] });
                         i += 1;
                     },
@@ -608,6 +608,12 @@ const BindingSet = struct {
         for (self.bindings.items) |binding| blk: {
             switch (binding.match(self.current_sequence.items)) {
                 .matched => {
+                    errdefer {
+                        //clear current sequence if command execution fails
+                        self.current_sequence.clearRetainingCapacity();
+                        self.current_sequence_egc.clearRetainingCapacity();
+                    }
+
                     if (!builtin.is_test) {
                         self.logger.print("matched binding -> {s}", .{binding.command});
                         if (!builtin.is_test) self.logger.print("execute '{s}'", .{binding.command});
diff --git a/src/keybind/dynamic/keybindings.json b/src/keybind/dynamic/keybindings.json
index 32c3272..66765fd 100644
--- a/src/keybind/dynamic/keybindings.json
+++ b/src/keybind/dynamic/keybindings.json
@@ -3,14 +3,26 @@
         "normal": {
             "on_match_failure": "ignore",
             "bindings": [
-                ["j", "cursor_down"],
-                ["k", "cursor_up"],
-                ["h", "cursor_right_vim"],
-                ["l", "cursor_left_vim"],
-                ["i", "change_mode", "insert"],
-                ["o", "change_mode", "insert"],
-                ["a", "change_mode", "insert"],
-                ["v", "change_mode", "visual"],
+                ["j", "move_down"],
+                ["k", "move_up"],
+                ["l", "move_right_vim"],
+                ["h", "move_left"],
+                ["<Space>", "move_right_vim"],
+
+                ["i", "enter_mode", "insert"],
+                ["v", "enter_mode", "visual"],
+
+                ["/", "find"],
+                ["n", "goto_next_match"],
+
+                ["0", "move_begin"],
+                ["<S-4>", "move_end"],
+
+                [";", "open_command_palette"],
+                ["<S-;>", "open_command_palette"],
+
+                ["p", "paste"],
+
                 ["gg", "goto_page_begin"],
                 ["<S-g>", "goto_page_end"],
                 ["<C-u>", "cursor_half_page_up"],
@@ -20,8 +32,8 @@
         "insert": {
             "on_match_failure": "insert",
             "bindings": [
-                ["jk", "change_mode", "normal"],
-                ["<Esc>", "change_mode", "normal"]
+                ["jk", "enter_mode", "normal"],
+                ["<Esc>", "enter_mode", "normal"]
             ]
         } 
     },