diff --git a/apps/linuxclock/app.js b/apps/linuxclock/app.js
index 31e8b3c4c..41f2bbc2b 100644
--- a/apps/linuxclock/app.js
+++ b/apps/linuxclock/app.js
@@ -231,13 +231,10 @@ function drawCursor(){
    c += g.stringWidth(":");
 
    g.setColor("#0ff");
-   g.drawString("~", x+c, y);
-   c += g.stringWidth("~");
+   g.drawString("~$ ", x+c, y);
+   c += g.stringWidth("~$ ");
 
    g.setColor(g.theme.fg);
-   g.drawString("$", x+c, y);
-   c += g.stringWidth("$ ");
-
    g.drawString(cmd, x+c, y);
  }