diff --git a/modules/lang/common-lisp/config.el b/modules/lang/common-lisp/config.el
index ab9dd2fdf..4bb9ec9fd 100644
--- a/modules/lang/common-lisp/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/common-lisp/config.el
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 ;;; lang/common-lisp/config.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
+(defvar inferior-lisp-program "sbcl")
 (add-hook 'lisp-mode-hook #'rainbow-delimiters-mode)
 
+
 (after! sly
-  (setq inferior-lisp-program "sbcl"
-        sly-mrepl-history-file-name (concat doom-cache-dir "sly-mrepl-history"))
+  (setq sly-mrepl-history-file-name (concat doom-cache-dir "sly-mrepl-history")
+        sly-kill-without-query-p t
+        sly-net-coding-system 'utf-8-unix)
 
   (set-popup-rules!
     '(("^\\*sly-mrepl"       :vslot 2 :quit nil :ttl nil)