diff --git a/writing/.config/papis/config b/writing/.config/papis/config
index 01e93ca..2ef2eb3 100644
--- a/writing/.config/papis/config
+++ b/writing/.config/papis/config
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ ref-format = bbt
 add-folder-name = {doc[author_list][0][family]}-{doc[title]}
 add-file-name = {doc[author_list][0][family]}{doc[year]}
 header-format-file = ~/.config/papis/headerformat
-extra-bibtex-keys = ["tags", "readstatus"]
+extra-bibtex-keys = ["tags", "readstatus", "priority"]
 
 database-backend = whoosh
-whoosh-schema-fields = ["doi", "ref", "author", "year", "title", "publisher", "tags", "readstatus", "date", "isbn", "type", "keyword", "qualityassured"]
+whoosh-schema-fields = ["doi", "ref", "author", "year", "title", "publisher", "tags", "readstatus", "date", "isbn", "type", "keyword", "qualityassured", "priority"]
 # to make whoosh list everything by default
 default-query-string = *
 
diff --git a/writing/.config/papis/papistui.yaml b/writing/.config/papis/papistui.yaml
index da07300..965d94c 100644
--- a/writing/.config/papis/papistui.yaml
+++ b/writing/.config/papis/papistui.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #     - [ ] select all in view
 #     - [ ] limit view to currently selected
 #
+# for papis itself:
+# - [ ] I can not search custom numeric fields in whoosh? i.e. 'priority:1' will not give results. 'priority:high' will
 base:
   vimflavour: nvim
 documentlist:
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ documentlist:
   multilinestyle:
     rows:
       # TODO: show if already note attached; have info window display note content?
-      - "{'  ' if 'priority' not in doc or doc['priority'] > 3 else '<red>󱝇 </red>' if doc['priority'] <= 1 else '<yellow>󱝇 </yellow>'}<cyan>{doc.alias('type')} {doc['ref']}</cyan> {doc.alias('readstatus')} {' 󰘓 ' if doc['notes'] else ''}"
+      - "{'  ' if 'priority' not in doc or doc['priority'] == 'low' else '<red>󱝇 </red>' if doc['priority'] == 'high' else '<yellow>󱝇 </yellow>'}<cyan>{doc.alias('type')} {doc['ref']}</cyan> {doc.alias('readstatus')} {' 󰘓 ' if doc['notes'] else ''}"
       - "<white><bold>{doc.html_escape['title']}</bold></white>"
       - "<blue>{doc.html_escape['author']}</blue>"
       - "{doc.foreach('tags', '<lightgray>(</lightgray><gray><dim>{}</dim></gray><lightgray>)</lightgray>', split = ', ', sep = ' ')}"
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ documentlist:
     columns:
       - {
           header: "󱝇",
-          content: "{'' if 'priority' not in doc or doc['priority'] > 3 else '󰝥' if doc['priority'] <= 1 else '󰝦'}",
+          content: "{'' if 'priority' not in doc or doc['priority'] == 'low' else '󰝥' if doc['priority'] == 'high' else '󰝦'}",
           width: 1,
         }
       - {
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ keymappings:
   o: open -r "pdf$"
   O: open -d
   b: browse
-  B: browse -k doi
+  B: papis browse -k doi papis_id:{doc['papis_id']}
   R: view_reset
   <c-r>: reload
   e:
@@ -127,13 +129,13 @@ keymappings:
     - papis update -s readstatus "" papis_id:{doc['papis_id']}
     - set readstatus unread
   ",ph":
-    - papis update -s priority 1 papis_id:{doc['papis_id']}
+    - papis update -s priority high papis_id:{doc['papis_id']}
     - set priority high
   ",pm":
-    - papis update -s priority 2 read papis_id:{doc['papis_id']}
+    - papis update -s priority medium read papis_id:{doc['papis_id']}
     - set priority medium
   ",pl":
-    - papis update -s priority 3 read papis_id:{doc['papis_id']}
+    - papis update -s priority low read papis_id:{doc['papis_id']}
     - set priority low
   i:
     - info_toggle