# Setting your default pager

When `zk`'s output exceeds a certain limit, it is automatically paginated by
your system pager. By default, `less` is used but you may set up your own pager
in the [configuration file](config.md) or environment variables. In order of
precedence, `zk` will use:

1. `ZK_PAGER` environment variable
2. `pager` configuration property
   ```toml
   [tool]
   pager = "less -FIRX"
   ```
3. `PAGER` environment variable

## Disable the pager

If you need to disable paging, you can either:

- use `--no-pager`
- set the `pager` configuration property to an empty string `""`
