diff --git a/base/cat/hood/breload/gate.hook b/base/cat/hood/breload/gate.hook
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f3ad66863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/cat/hood/breload/gate.hook
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+::
+::::  /hook/gate/reload/hood/cat
+  ::
+/?  314
+::
+::::
+  !:
+|=  $:  [now=@da eny=@uvI bec=beak]
+        [arg=(list term) ~]
+    ==
+:+  %hood-reload-desk  %home
+arg
diff --git a/base/cat/hood/reload-desk/gate.hook b/base/cat/hood/reload-desk/gate.hook
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fbc5fe7c97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/cat/hood/reload-desk/gate.hook
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+::
+::::  /hook/gate/reload/hood/cat
+  ::
+/?  314
+::
+::::
+  !:
+|=  $:  [now=@da eny=@uvI bec=beak]
+        [arg=[desk (list term)] ~]
+    ==
+:-  %hood-reload-desk
+arg
diff --git a/base/cat/hood/reset/gate.hook b/base/cat/hood/reset/gate.hook
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..499122800e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/cat/hood/reset/gate.hook
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+::
+::::  /hook/gate/reset/hood/cat
+  ::
+/?  314
+::
+::::
+  !:
+|=  $:  [now=@da eny=@uvI bec=beak]
+        [arg=~ ~]
+    ==
+[%hood-reset ~]
diff --git a/base/lib/syntax/hoon.js b/base/lib/syntax/hoon.js
index 726f06d3a5..0cb9b07834 100644
--- a/base/lib/syntax/hoon.js
+++ b/base/lib/syntax/hoon.js
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ CodeMirror.defineMode("hoon", function() {
     }
 
     if(stream.eat('`')){
-      state.space = false
+      state.space = true
       return 'operator'
     }
     if(stream.sol() && stream.eatWhile(glyph)){
@@ -131,8 +131,10 @@ CodeMirror.defineMode("hoon", function() {
           return 'builtin'
         return 'operator'
       }
-      if(stream.eat(/[=:.^]/))
+      if(stream.eat(/[=:.^]/)){
+        state.space = true
         return 'operator'
+      }
       stream.next()
       return 'builtin'
     }
@@ -154,4 +156,5 @@ CodeMirror.defineMode("hoon", function() {
   return res
 });
 
+CodeMirror.registerHelper("wordChars", "hoon", /[-\\w]/);
 CodeMirror.defineMIME("text/x-hoon", "hoon");