diff --git a/home-modules/zathura.nix b/home-modules/zathura.nix
index f7de171..37ab7f6 100644
--- a/home-modules/zathura.nix
+++ b/home-modules/zathura.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@
 		  n-completion-items      = 9999999999999;
 		  exec-command = "open";
 		  page-padding = rice.border-width;
+
+      #stop at page boundries
+      scroll-page-aware       = true;
+      smooth-scroll           = true;
+      scroll-full-overlap     = 0.01;
+      scroll-step             = 300;
 	  };
+    mappings = {
+      h = ''feedkeys "<C-Left>"'';
+      j = ''feedkeys "<C-Down>"'';
+      k = ''feedkeys "<C-Up>"'';
+      l = ''feedkeys "<C-Right>"'';
+    };
   };
 }