diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2254b60971..b4d0da0aee 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1634,6 +1634,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_yaml 0.8.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "shellexpand 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "starship 0.26.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "strip-ansi-escapes 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "sublime_fuzzy 0.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "subprocess 0.1.18 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "surf 1.0.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2463,6 +2464,14 @@ name = "static_assertions"
 version = "0.3.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strip-ansi-escapes"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "vte 0.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.8.0"
@@ -2788,6 +2797,14 @@ name = "void"
 version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vte"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "utf8parse 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "walkdir"
 version = "2.2.9"
@@ -3281,6 +3298,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum starship 0.26.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d31191331ef70afd5c8f88515850ce50ae4a7ad5a9d7d1046eba6ceb8e9707d8"
 "checksum starship_module_config_derive 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "36d147e2f158842551535289789d4f3ef5a37d4043f6dc96f3a461bb253e69a1"
 "checksum static_assertions 0.3.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7f3eb36b47e512f8f1c9e3d10c2c1965bc992bd9cdb024fa581e2194501c83d3"
+"checksum strip-ansi-escapes 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9d63676e2abafa709460982ddc02a3bb586b6d15a49b75c212e06edd3933acee"
 "checksum strsim 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8ea5119cdb4c55b55d432abb513a0429384878c15dde60cc77b1c99de1a95a6a"
 "checksum sublime_fuzzy 0.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "bdac3d983d073c19487ba1f5e16eda43e9c6e50aa895d87110d0febe389b66b9"
 "checksum subprocess 0.1.18 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "28fc0f40f0c0da73339d347aa7d6d2b90341a95683a47722bc4eebed71ff3c00"
@@ -3319,6 +3337,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum version_check 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "914b1a6776c4c929a602fafd8bc742e06365d4bcbe48c30f9cca5824f70dc9dd"
 "checksum version_check 0.9.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "078775d0255232fb988e6fccf26ddc9d1ac274299aaedcedce21c6f72cc533ce"
 "checksum void 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6a02e4885ed3bc0f2de90ea6dd45ebcbb66dacffe03547fadbb0eeae2770887d"
+"checksum vte 0.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4f42f536e22f7fcbb407639765c8fd78707a33109301f834a594758bedd6e8cf"
 "checksum walkdir 2.2.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9658c94fa8b940eab2250bd5a457f9c48b748420d71293b165c8cdbe2f55f71e"
 "checksum wasi 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b89c3ce4ce14bdc6fb6beaf9ec7928ca331de5df7e5ea278375642a2f478570d"
 "checksum wasm-bindgen 0.2.54 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c4568ae1b4e07ca907b1a4de41174eaa3e5be4066c024475586b7842725f69a9"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 57110f815c..9c64c77c17 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ sublime_fuzzy = "0.6"
 trash = "1.0.0"
 regex = "1"
 cfg-if = "0.1"
+strip-ansi-escapes = "0.1.0"
 
 neso = { version = "0.5.0", optional = true }
 crossterm = { version = "0.10.2", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index dc83baf7b8..f5488a8e70 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -398,15 +398,20 @@ pub async fn cli() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
         let prompt = {
             #[cfg(feature = "starship-prompt")]
             {
-                &starship::print::get_prompt(starship::context::Context::new_with_dir(
-                    clap::ArgMatches::default(),
-                    cwd,
+                let bytes = strip_ansi_escapes::strip(&starship::print::get_prompt(
+                    starship::context::Context::new_with_dir(
+                        clap::ArgMatches::default(),
+                        cwd.clone(),
+                    ),
                 ))
+                .unwrap();
+
+                String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes).to_string()
             }
             #[cfg(not(feature = "starship-prompt"))]
             {
                 &format!(
-                    "{}{}\x1b[m> ",
+                    "{}{}> ",
                     cwd,
                     match current_branch() {
                         Some(s) => format!("({})", s),
@@ -415,10 +420,33 @@ pub async fn cli() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
                 )
             }
         };
+
+        let colored_prompt = {
+            #[cfg(feature = "starship-prompt")]
+            {
+                starship::print::get_prompt(starship::context::Context::new_with_dir(
+                    clap::ArgMatches::default(),
+                    cwd,
+                ))
+            }
+            #[cfg(not(feature = "starship-prompt"))]
+            {
+                format!(
+                    "{}{}\x1b[m]> ",
+                    cwd,
+                    match current_branch() {
+                        Some(s) => format!("({})", s),
+                        None => "".to_string(),
+                    }
+                )
+            }
+        };
+
+        rl.helper_mut().expect("No helper").colored_prompt = colored_prompt;
         let mut initial_command = Some(String::new());
         let mut readline = Err(ReadlineError::Eof);
         while let Some(ref cmd) = initial_command {
-            readline = rl.readline_with_initial(prompt, (&cmd, ""));
+            readline = rl.readline_with_initial(&prompt, (&cmd, ""));
             if let Err(ReadlineError::Eof) = &readline {
                 // Fuzzy search in history
                 let lines = rl.history().iter().rev().map(|s| s.as_str()).collect();
diff --git a/src/shell/helper.rs b/src/shell/helper.rs
index b12c176afb..7e662a7dd5 100644
--- a/src/shell/helper.rs
+++ b/src/shell/helper.rs
@@ -14,11 +14,15 @@ use std::borrow::Cow::{self, Owned};
 
 pub(crate) struct Helper {
     context: Context,
+    pub colored_prompt: String,
 }
 
 impl Helper {
     pub(crate) fn new(context: Context) -> Helper {
-        Helper { context }
+        Helper {
+            context,
+            colored_prompt: String::new(),
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -41,8 +45,18 @@ impl Hinter for Helper {
 }
 
 impl Highlighter for Helper {
-    fn highlight_prompt<'b, 's: 'b, 'p: 'b>(&'s self, prompt: &'p str, _: bool) -> Cow<'b, str> {
-        Owned("\x1b[32m".to_owned() + &prompt + "\x1b[m")
+    fn highlight_prompt<'b, 's: 'b, 'p: 'b>(
+        &'s self,
+        prompt: &'p str,
+        default: bool,
+    ) -> Cow<'b, str> {
+        use std::borrow::Cow::Borrowed;
+
+        if default {
+            Borrowed(&self.colored_prompt)
+        } else {
+            Borrowed(prompt)
+        }
     }
 
     fn highlight_hint<'h>(&self, hint: &'h str) -> Cow<'h, str> {