diff --git a/hilbish.go b/hilbish.go
index 8708cfe..773affb 100644
--- a/hilbish.go
+++ b/hilbish.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/pborman/getopt"
@@ -22,7 +23,11 @@ func HilbishLoader(L *lua.LState) int {
 	mod := L.SetFuncs(L.NewTable(), exports)
 
 	host, _ := os.Hostname()
-	username := strings.Split(curuser.Username, "\\")[1] // for some reason Username includes the hostname on windows
+	username := curuser.Username
+	// this will be baked into binary since GOOS is a constant
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		username = strings.Split(username, "\\")[1] // for some reason Username includes the hostname on windows
+	}
 
 	L.SetField(mod, "ver", lua.LString(version))
 	L.SetField(mod, "user", lua.LString(username))
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ab0c515..30195aa 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"os/signal"
 	"os/user"
@@ -265,7 +266,11 @@ func fmtPrompt() string {
 	cwd, _ := os.Getwd()
 
 	cwd = strings.Replace(cwd, curuser.HomeDir, "~", 1)
-	username := strings.Split(curuser.Username, "\\")[1] // for some reason Username includes the hostname on windows
+	username := curuser.Username
+	// this will be baked into binary since GOOS is a constant
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		username = strings.Split(username, "\\")[1] // for some reason Username includes the hostname on windows
+	}
 
 	args := []string{
 		"d", cwd,