diff --git a/.config/nvim/init.vim b/.config/nvim/init.vim
index 1514c62..4eb82b3 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/init.vim
+++ b/.config/nvim/init.vim
@@ -163,19 +163,29 @@ endif
 let g:wiki_filetypes = ['md', 'mkd', 'markdown', 'wiki']
 let g:wiki_link_extension = '.md'
 let g:wiki_link_target_type = 'md'
-let g:wiki_mappings_use_defaults = 0
+let g:wiki_mappings_use_defaults = 1
+" overwrites some default mappings I don't use, or that interfere with my own
+" mappings TODO: currently this just assigns bogus shortcuts, since the plugin grumbles
+" when setting to an empty string
 let g:wiki_mappings_global = {
-      \ '<plug>(wiki-index)' : '<leader>ww',
-      \ '<plug>(wiki-reload)' : '<leader>wx',
-      \ '<plug>(wiki-page-rename)' : '<leader>wr',
-      \ '<plug>(wiki-link-open)' : '<cr>',
-      \ '<plug>(wiki-link-open-split)' : '<c-cr>',
-      \ '<plug>(wiki-link-return)' : '<bs>',
-      \ '<plug>(wiki-link-next)' : '<tab>',
-      \ '<plug>(wiki-link-prev)' : '<s-tab>',
-      \ '<plug>(wiki-graph-find-backlinks)' : '<leader>wb',
+      \ '<plug>(wiki-journal)' : '<leader>===',
+      \ '<plug>(wiki-code-run)' : '<leader>====',
+      \ '<plug>(wiki-graph-in)' : '<leader>====',
+      \ '<plug>(wiki-graph-out)' : '<leader>=====',
+      \ '<plug>(wiki-link-toggle)' : '<leader>=======',
+      \ '<plug>(wiki-page-delete)' : '<leader>========',
+      \ '<plug>(wiki-page-toc)' : '<leader>=========',
+      \ '<plug>(wiki-page-toc-local)' : '<leader>=============',
+      \ '<plug>(wiki-export)' : '<leader>==============',
+      \ '<plug>(wiki-list-uniq)' : '<leader>===============',
+      \ '<plug>(wiki-list-uniq-local)' : '<leader>================',
+      \ '<plug>(wiki-tag-list)' : '<leader>=================',
+      \ '<plug>(wiki-tag-reload)' : '<leader>==================',
+      \ '<plug>(wiki-tag-search)' : '<leader>=====================',
+      \ '<plug>(wiki-link-toggle-operator)' : '<leader>======================',
       \}
 
+
 " PLUGIN: vim-pencil
 " set default wrap mode to hard - TODO test which mode works better for
 " me, it seems hardmode has trouble with markdown lists (see issue #31)