diff --git a/fish_prompt.fish b/fish_prompt.fish
index 93025fd..a0a63ae 100644
--- a/fish_prompt.fish
+++ b/fish_prompt.fish
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 function fish_prompt
-	set user (set_color --bold cyan)(whoami)(set_color normal)
+	if [ $USER = "root" ]
+		set user (set_color --bold red)(whoami)(set_color normal)
+		set machine (set_color --bold red)(hostname| cut -d . -f 1)(set_color normal)
+	else
+		set user (set_color --bold cyan)(whoami)(set_color normal)
+		set machine (set_color --bold blue)(hostname| cut -d . -f 1)(set_color normal)
+	end
 
-	set machine (set_color --bold blue)(hostname| cut -d . -f 1)(set_color normal)
 
 	set -l realhome ~
 	set directory (set_color --bold green)(echo $PWD | sed -e "s|^$realhome|~|")(set_color normal)