diff --git a/bashrc b/bashrc
index e9664c6fb05bcc399a5916c6883b98e20245dd0f..1b84fbf1e43a5eef6d8ae906edc9552cbd5e2915 100644
--- a/bashrc
+++ b/bashrc
@@ -51,19 +51,16 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ] && [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then
     # Red prompt for root
-#    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\h:\[\033[31m\][\w]\[\033[00m\] \$ '
-    PS1_PRE='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\h:\[\033[31m\][\w]\[\033[00m\]'
-    PS1_POST=' \$ '
-    PS1="$PS1_PRE$PS1_POST"
+    PS1_PRE='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\[\033[31m\][\w]\[\033[0m\]'
 else
     # Default prompt for everyone else
-#    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\h:\[\033[38;5;25m\][\w]\[\033[00m\] \$ '
-    PS1_PRE='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\h:\[\033[38;5;25m\][\w]\[\033[00m\]'
-    PS1_POST=' \$ '
-    PS1="$PS1_PRE$PS1_POST"
+    PS1_PRE='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\[\033[34m\][\w]\[\033[0m\]'
 fi
 unset color_prompt force_color_prompt
 
+PS1_POST=' \$ '
+PS1="$PS1_PRE$PS1_POST"
+
 # If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir
 case "$TERM" in
 xterm*|rxvt*)
diff --git a/bashrc.local.example b/bashrc.local.example
index d4e62ceb591bb9a62432541eb1761637844f77f6..80ae4fc69cfab2a64d14d9ff78cc1bc2461dad9c 100644
--- a/bashrc.local.example
+++ b/bashrc.local.example
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if [ -f ~/.git-prompt.sh ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ -z ${PS1_PRE+x} ] && [ -z ${PS1_POST+x} ]; then
-    PS1_PRE='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\h:\[\033[38;5;25m\][\w]\[\033[00m\]'
+    PS1_PRE='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\[\033[34m\][\w]\[\033[0m\]'
     PS1_POST=' \$ '
 fi