diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index a7e50a6..e31463d 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ user_name=$green
 host=$light_cyan
 directory=$yellow
 
-PS1="[$user_name\u$reset@$host\h$reset:$directory\w$reset]$"
+PS1="[$user_name\u$reset@$host\h$reset:$directory\w$reset]$ "
 
 alias ls='ls -hF --color=tty --group-directories-first'                 # classify files in colour
 alias ll='ls -l'                              # long list