diff --git a/bashrc b/bashrc
index 451f7dd..6644c78 100755
--- a/bashrc
+++ b/bashrc
@@ -474,13 +474,14 @@ __my_ps1_jobs(){
 if test "$TERM" != dumb
 then
     __my_c1="\e[1;31m"       # color for PWD
-    __my_c2="\e[36m"         # color for user
+    __my_c2="\e[0;36m"         # color for user
     __my_c3="\e[1;30m"       # color for OLDPWD
     __my_c4="\e[1;32m"       # color for ::
     __my_cdef="\e[0m"
 fi
-_PS1="${__my_c4}:: ${__my_cdef}[${__my_c1}\w/${__my_cdef}<${__my_c3}\${PWD}${__my_cdef}]\$(__my_ps1_bttry)\$(__my_ps1_ipaddr)\n\
-${__my_c4}:: ${__my_cdef}${__my_c2}\u@\H${__my_cdef} \D{%a, %d %b %Y %T %z} ${SHELL} \V\n\
+_PS1="\
+${__my_c4}:: ${__my_cdef}[${__my_c1}\w/${__my_cdef}<${__my_c3}\${PWD}${__my_cdef}]\$(__my_ps1_bttry)\$(__my_ps1_ipaddr)\n\
+${__my_c4}:: ${__my_c2}\u@\H${__my_cdef} \D{%a, %d %b %Y %T %z} ${SHELL} \V\n\
 ${__my_c4}:: ${__my_cdef}shlv:${SHLVL} hist:\! jobs:\j last:\$? \$ "
 PS1=$_PS1