diff --git a/src/apps/personal/ls.nix b/src/apps/personal/ls.nix
index c011586..5811b55 100644
--- a/src/apps/personal/ls.nix
+++ b/src/apps/personal/ls.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@
   ];
 
   programs.zsh.initExtra = ''
-    function ls {
-      ${pkgs.exa}/bin/exa --icons -lghF --git --group-directories-first --color always "$@" | less --quit-if-one-screen
+  function ls {
+      if [ -t 1 ] ; then
+        ${pkgs.exa}/bin/exa --icons -lghF --git --group-directories-first --color always "$@" | less --quit-if-one-screen
+      else
+        ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/ls "$@"
+      fi
     }
   '';