diff --git a/.ghci b/.ghci
index c0fa0bb..194b1a4 100644
--- a/.ghci
+++ b/.ghci
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 :def doc \x -> return $ ":!hoogle --info \"" ++ x ++ "\""
 :set -Wall
 :set -fno-warn-type-defaults -ferror-spans -freverse-errors -fprint-expanded-synonyms
-:set prompt "\ESC[0;32m%s\n\ESC[m[ghci]\ESC[38;5;172mλ \ESC[m"
+:set prompt "\ESC[0;32m%s\n\ESC[m[ghci]\ESC[38;5;172mλ \ESC[m\STX"
 :set prompt-cont " \ESC[38;5;172m> \ESC[m"
 :load ssg/src/Slug.hs ssg/src/Main.hs
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index a4ea75f..193512d 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   description = "hakyll-nix-template";
 
-  nixConfig.bash-prompt = "[nix]\\e\[38;5;172mλ \\e\[m";
+  nixConfig.bash-prompt = "[nix]λ ";
 
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs.url = "nixpkgs/nixos-21.05";