diff --git a/.hilbishrc.lua b/.hilbishrc.lua
index 3940c5c..cbe0884 100644
--- a/.hilbishrc.lua
+++ b/.hilbishrc.lua
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ local ansikit = require 'ansikit'
 
 local function doPrompt(fail, mode)
 	hilbish.prompt(lunacolors.format(
-		'{blue}%u {cyan}%d ' .. (fail and '{red}' or '{green}') .. '∆ '
+		'{blue}%u {cyan}%d\n' .. (fail and '{red}' or '{green}') .. '∆ '
 	))
 end
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 7adcc49..6ee6bd2 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
+	initialized = true
 input:
 	for interactive {
 		running = false
diff --git a/rl.go b/rl.go
index 9118f5f..9013da9 100644
--- a/rl.go
+++ b/rl.go
@@ -188,17 +188,17 @@ func (lr *lineReader) Read() (string, error) {
 	return s, err // might get another error
 }
 
-func (lr *lineReader) SetPrompt(prompt string) {
-	halfPrompt := strings.Split(prompt, "\n")
+func (lr *lineReader) SetPrompt(p string) {
+	halfPrompt := strings.Split(p, "\n")
 	if len(halfPrompt) > 1 {
 		lr.rl.Multiline = true
 		lr.rl.SetPrompt(strings.Join(halfPrompt[:len(halfPrompt) - 1], "\n"))
 		lr.rl.MultilinePrompt = halfPrompt[len(halfPrompt) - 1:][0]
 	} else {
 		lr.rl.Multiline = false
-		lr.rl.SetPrompt(prompt)
+		lr.rl.SetPrompt(p)
 	}
-	if !running {
+	if initialized && !running {
 		lr.rl.RefreshPromptInPlace("")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/vars.go b/vars.go
index 47ebd8c..c5c286a 100644
--- a/vars.go
+++ b/vars.go
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ var (
 	interactive bool
 	login bool // Are we the login shell?
 	noexecute bool // Should we run Lua or only report syntax errors
+	initialized bool
 )