diff --git a/bash/colorize.sh b/bash/colorize.sh
index 7997a2b..33706e4 100644
--- a/bash/colorize.sh
+++ b/bash/colorize.sh
@@ -1,26 +1,8 @@
-function colorize() {
-  local TEXT=$2
-  local NO_COLOR="\033[0m"
-  case "$1" in
-    red)
-      local COLOR="\033[31m"
-      ;;
-    green)
-      local COLOR="\033[32m"
-      ;;
-    yellow)
-      local COLOR="\033[33m"
-      ;;
-    blue)
-      local COLOR="\033[34m"
-      ;;
-    magenta)
-      local COLOR="\033[35m"
-      ;;
-    cyan)
-      local COLOR="\033[36m"
-      ;;
-  esac
-
-  echo -e "${COLOR}${TEXT}${NO_COLOR}"
-}
+# This file just contains some nice variable names for color codes.
+C_NO='\[\033[0m\]'
+C_RED='\[\033[1;31m\]'
+C_GREEN='\[\033[1;32m\]'
+C_YELLOW='\[\033[1;33m\]'
+C_BLUE='\[\033[1;34m\]'
+C_MAGENTA='\[\033[1;35m\]'
+C_CYAN='\[\033[1;36m\]'
diff --git a/bash/super_prompt.sh b/bash/super_prompt.sh
index f9a664a..65fec2b 100644
--- a/bash/super_prompt.sh
+++ b/bash/super_prompt.sh
@@ -5,38 +5,26 @@
 src_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 source $src_dir/colorize.sh
 
-function sp_git_info {
+function sp_git {
   # Get the current branch name
   local git_branch=$(git branch 2>/dev/null | grep "*" | cut -d ' ' -f 2) || ""
 
-  # If we're in a git repo, add the repo (i.e. top-level directory) name, parens, and a newline
+  # If we're in a git repo, add the repo (i.e. top-level directory) name, and parens
   if [ "$git_branch" != "" ]; then
     local git_repo=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-    git_branch=\($(colorize magenta ${git_repo//*\/})"|"$(colorize magenta ${git_branch})\)
-    printf "%s\n" "$git_branch"
-  else
-    printf ""
+    git_repo=${git_repo//*\/}
+    echo "(${git_repo}|${git_branch})"
   fi
 }
 
 function sp_path {
   local git_dir=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null)
   if [ "$git_dir" != "" ]; then
-    local path=$(colorize green ${PWD//$git_dir/\!})
+    local path=${PWD//$git_dir/\!}
   else
-    local path=$(colorize green ${PWD//$HOME/\~})
+    local path=${PWD//$HOME/\~}
   fi
-
-  printf $path
+  echo $path
 }
 
-function super_prompt {  
-  local user=$(colorize yellow $(whoami))
-  local host=$(colorize blue ${HOSTNAME})
-  local prompt_char=$(colorize red '$')
-
-  sp_git_info
-  printf "[%s@%s:%s]\n%s " "$user" "$host" "$(sp_path)" "$prompt_char"
-}
-
-export PS1="\$(super_prompt)"
+export PS1="[${C_YELLOW}\u${C_NO}@${C_BLUE}${HOSTNAME}${C_NO}:${C_GREEN}\$(sp_path)${C_NO}] ${C_MAGENTA}\$(sp_git)${C_NO}\n${C_RED}\$ ${C_NO}"