diff --git a/share/kak/kakrc b/share/kak/kakrc
index 4b234fc3..7a9f1692 100644
--- a/share/kak/kakrc
+++ b/share/kak/kakrc
@@ -24,17 +24,8 @@ def -params 1 -docstring "colorscheme <name>: enable named colorscheme" \
 
 %sh{
     autoload_directory() {
-        dir=$1
-        for rcfile in ${dir}/*.kak; do
-            if [ -f "$rcfile" ]; then
-                echo "try %{ source '${rcfile}' } catch %{ echo -debug Autoload: could not load '${rcfile}' }";
-            fi
-        done
-        for subdir in ${dir}/*; do
-            if [ -d "$subdir" ]; then
-                autoload_directory $subdir
-            fi
-        done
+        find -L "$1" -type f -name '*\.kak' \
+            -exec printf 'try %%{ source "%s" } catch %%{ echo -debug Autoload: could not load "%s" }\n' '{}' '{}' \;
     }
 
     localconfdir=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-${HOME}/.config}/kak