diff --git a/require-ess/tools/setE3Env.bash b/require-ess/tools/setE3Env.bash
index 1f9896f4e7c61eed6f65158ad0a77e7e1b05db61..8ef6db89cd42af1ff39e30b9a810c1fcd6dbf841 100644
--- a/require-ess/tools/setE3Env.bash
+++ b/require-ess/tools/setE3Env.bash
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 
 if [[ "$0" == "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" ]]; then
   echo
-  echo "##############################################################################################"
+  echo "##################################################"
   echo "$0 is NOT properly sourced !"
-  echo "##############################################################################################"
+  echo "##################################################"
   echo
   exit 1
 fi
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ source "${SRC_PATH}"/iocsh_complete.bash
 print_env "$1"
 
 BASE_version=$(echo "${EPICS_BASE##*/}" | awk -F '-' '{print $2}')
-E3_ENV_INFO="{B:$BASE_version R:$E3_REQUIRE_VERSION}"
+E3_ENV_INFO="(${BASE_version}-${E3_REQUIRE_VERSION})"
 NEW_E3_PS="${E3_ENV_INFO}\[\033[33m\]\u\[\033[m\]@\[\033[33;1m\]\w\[\033[m\]\$ "
 
 if [ -z "$E3_ENV_ON" ]; then
@@ -359,6 +359,6 @@ if [ -z "$E3_ENV_ON" ]; then
     export PS1="${E3_ENV_INFO}${PS1}"
   fi
 else
-  PS_TMP=${PS1#*\}}
+  PS_TMP=${PS1#*\)}
   export PS1="${E3_ENV_INFO}${PS_TMP}"
 fi