diff --git a/tcshrc.prompt.colors b/tcshrc.prompt.colors
index f5d4f65..634fde0 100644
--- a/tcshrc.prompt.colors
+++ b/tcshrc.prompt.colors
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ set host_color="ansi:12"
 set user_color="ansi:14"
 set at_color="${dim_cyan}"
 set path_color="ansi:10"
-set line_color="${dim_red}"
+set line_color="ansi:1"
 set prompt_color="reset"
 set depth_color="${dim_yellow}"
 
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ set color_start="%{"
 set color_end="%}"
 
 set at_color_seq="${color_start}${at_color}${color_end}"
-set line_color_seq="${color_start}${line_color}${color_end}"
 set depth_color_seq="${color_start}${depth_color}${color_end}"
 
 ###########################
diff --git a/tcshrc.prompt.defs b/tcshrc.prompt.defs
index e0085e0..6394b8c 100644
--- a/tcshrc.prompt.defs
+++ b/tcshrc.prompt.defs
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ endif
 set depth_prompt="${depth_color_seq}(${shlvl})"
 
 #we "convert" pts/$number entries to ttypK entries?
-set line_prompt="${line_color_seq}`tty | sed -e 's;/dev/tty;;' -e 's;/dev/pts/;p/;' -e 's;/dev/;;' -e 's/not a tty/${unknown_tty}/'`"
+set line_prompt="`tty | sed -e 's;/dev/tty;;' -e 's;/dev/pts/;p/;' -e 's;/dev/;;' -e 's/not a tty/${unknown_tty}/'`"
+#set line_prompt="line"
 set user_prompt="%n"
 set host_prompt="${CSHENV_HOSTNAME}"
 set path_prompt="%c02"
diff --git a/tcshrc.prompt.final b/tcshrc.prompt.final
index 67014cd..7f21d96 100644
--- a/tcshrc.prompt.final
+++ b/tcshrc.prompt.final
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ if( $?CSHENV_DEBUG ) then
 endif
 
 # Recompute cached sgr codes from any configuration updates
+if( ! $?curr_line_color ) then
+    set curr_line_color=impossible
+endif
+if( "${curr_line_color}" != "${line_color}" ) then
+    set curr_line_color="${line_color}"
+    set line_color_seq="%{[`__build_sgr_code no-csi reset ${curr_line_color}`m%}"
+endif
+
 if( ! $?curr_path_color ) then
     set curr_path_color=impossible
 endif
@@ -232,7 +240,7 @@ if( ! $?CSHENV_DISABLE_PROMPT_SIGIL ) then
     set prompt_reference_view="${prompt_reference}"
 endif
 if( ! $?CSHENV_DISABLE_PROMPT_TTY ) then
-    set line_prompt_view="${line_prompt}"
+    set line_prompt_view="${line_color_seq}${line_prompt}"
     set line_spacer_view="%{${text_color_seq}%}\- "
 endif
 if( ! $?CSHENV_DISABLE_PROMPT_NESTING ) then