diff --git a/bash/functions b/bash/functions
index c382937..bc243e7 100644
--- a/bash/functions
+++ b/bash/functions
@@ -49,3 +49,16 @@ function get-bitrate {
     echo `exiftool -AudioBitrate "$1" | awk '{print $4}'`": $1"
 }
 
+function _hostname-color {
+    case `whoami` in
+        'bsandidge') echo $blue;;
+        'buddy')     echo $blue;;
+        'root')      echo $bred;;
+        *)           echo $purple;;
+    esac
+}
+
+function _hostname-show {
+    hostname -s | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'
+}
+
diff --git a/bash/prompt b/bash/prompt
index 4a45e65..b44395c 100644
--- a/bash/prompt
+++ b/bash/prompt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # display hostname
-PS1="\[$blue\]«\h»"
+PS1="\[$(_hostname-color)\]«"'$(_hostname-show)'"»"
 # display separator
 PS1="$PS1\[$yellow\]⚡"
 # display current path