diff --git a/require-ess/tools/setE3Env.bash b/require-ess/tools/setE3Env.bash
index 78051b53712b8322c4da48ca6545cec6e2595920..d8a6dbfa19290f41ad33675411bdedc9e0a5ec53 100644
--- a/require-ess/tools/setE3Env.bash
+++ b/require-ess/tools/setE3Env.bash
@@ -355,4 +355,4 @@ echo
 
 BASE_version=$(echo "${EPICS_BASE##*/}" | awk -F '-' '{print $2}')
 
-export PS1="(B:$BASE_version R:$E3_REQUIRE_VERSION) $PS1 "
+export PS1="\[\033[33m\]\u\[\033[m\] @ Base:$BASE_version Req:$E3_REQUIRE_VERSION \[\033[33;1m\] \w\[\033[m\]\$ "