diff --git a/kitty.conf b/kitty.conf
index 96f7257..9cb0565 100644
--- a/kitty.conf
+++ b/kitty.conf
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ adjust_baseline 0
 
 #:     symbol_map codepoints Font Family Name
 
-disable_ligatures never
+disable_ligatures always
 
 #: Choose how you want to handle multi-character ligatures. The
 #: default is to always render them.  You can tell kitty to not render