diff --git a/bashrc b/bashrc
index 3e079f6..8274fb6 100755
--- a/bashrc
+++ b/bashrc
@@ -453,9 +453,9 @@ __my_prompt_function(){              # used by PS1
         local c3=
         local cdef=
     else
-        local c1="\e[31m"       # color for PWD
+        local c1="\e[1;31m"       # color for PWD
         local c2="\e[36m"       # color for user
-        local c3="\e[37m"       # color for OLDPWD
+        local c3="\e[1;30m"       # color for OLDPWD
         local c4="\e[1;32m"       # color for ::
         local cdef="\e[0m"
     fi
@@ -483,9 +483,9 @@ __my_prompt_function(){              # used by PS1
     fi
     # local battery=$(battery-state [%s] | sed -e 's`%`%%`g') # very slow
 
-    printf "${c4}:: ${cdef}[${c1}${pwd}${cdef}<${c3}${oldpwd}${cdef}]${git}${svn}${battery}${ip}\n"
-    printf "${c4}:: ${c2}${USER}@${HOSTNAME}${cdef} ${date}\n"
-    printf "${c4}:: ${cdef}shlv:${SHLVL} dirs:${dirs} last:${lastreturn} "
+    printf "${c4}::${cdef} [${c1}${pwd}${cdef}<${c3}${oldpwd}${cdef}]${git}${svn}${battery}${ip}\n"
+    printf "${c4}::${cdef} ${c2}${USER}@${HOSTNAME}${cdef} ${date}\n"
+    printf "${c4}::${cdef} shlv:${SHLVL} dirs:${dirs} last:${lastreturn} "
 
 }
 __my_set_title(){