diff --git a/share/functions/prompt_pwd.fish b/share/functions/prompt_pwd.fish
index b13807075..e694db93e 100644
--- a/share/functions/prompt_pwd.fish
+++ b/share/functions/prompt_pwd.fish
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 if test (uname) = Darwin
 	function prompt_pwd --description "Print the current working directory, shortend to fit the prompt"
 		if test "$PWD" != "$HOME"
-			printf "%s" (echo $PWD|sed -e 's|/private||' -e "s|^$HOME|~|" -e 's-/\(\.\?[^/]\)\([^/]*\)-/\1-g')
-			echo $PWD|sed -e 's-.*/\.\?[^/]\([^/]*$\)-\1-'
+			printf "%s" (echo $PWD|sed -e 's|/private||' -e "s|^$HOME|~|" -e 's-/\(\.\{0,1\}[^/]\)\([^/]*\)-/\1-g')
+			echo $PWD|sed -e 's-.*/\.\{0,1\}[^/]\([^/]*$\)-\1-'
 		else
 			echo '~'
 		end
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ else
 			echo '~'
 
 			case '*'
-			printf "%s" (echo $PWD|sed -e "s|^$HOME|~|" -e 's-/\(\.\?[^/]\)\([^/]*\)-/\1-g')
-			echo $PWD|sed -n -e 's-.*/\.\?.\([^/]*\)-\1-p'
+			printf "%s" (echo $PWD|sed -e "s|^$HOME|~|" -e 's-/\(\.\{0,1\}[^/]\)\([^/]*\)-/\1-g')
+			echo $PWD|sed -n -e 's-.*/\.\{0,1}.\([^/]*\)-\1-p'
 		end
 	end
 end