diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 669313a..6fcb7a7 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -240,9 +240,7 @@ func fmtPrompt(prompt string) string {
 	host, _ := os.Hostname()
 	cwd, _ := os.Getwd()
 
-	if strings.HasPrefix(cwd, curuser.HomeDir) {
-		cwd = "~" + strings.TrimPrefix(cwd, curuser.HomeDir)
-	}
+	cwd = util.AbbrevHome(cwd)
 	username := curuser.Username
 	// this will be baked into binary since GOOS is a constant
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
diff --git a/util/util.go b/util/util.go
index 713ea6a..d27cfe1 100644
--- a/util/util.go
+++ b/util/util.go
@@ -166,3 +166,12 @@ func ExpandHome(path string) string {
 	return path
 }
 
+// AbbrevHome changes the user's home directory in the path string to ~ (tilde)
+func AbbrevHome(path string) string {
+	curuser, _ := user.Current()
+	if strings.HasPrefix(path, curuser.HomeDir) {
+		return "~" + strings.TrimPrefix(path, curuser.HomeDir)
+	}
+
+	return path
+}