From a9c5dc21d3096a1791f28d022708cc1853e7c1af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: _ov4 <ov4@ov4.org>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 07:17:19 +0000
Subject: fix

---
 include/util/prompt.h |  1 -
 src/util/prompt.cc    | 10 ++++++----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/util/prompt.h b/include/util/prompt.h
index a9eae46..a99e933 100644
--- a/include/util/prompt.h
+++ b/include/util/prompt.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ namespace ov4
 
 inline constexpr std::string_view prompt_normal = "$";
 inline constexpr std::string_view prompt_root = "#";
-inline constexpr size_t hostname_size = 128;
 extern bool emit_prompt;
 
 void print_prompt();
diff --git a/src/util/prompt.cc b/src/util/prompt.cc
index 6ba1ea9..08ff7e4 100644
--- a/src/util/prompt.cc
+++ b/src/util/prompt.cc
@@ -11,14 +11,16 @@ namespace ov4
     {
         if (emit_prompt) 
         {
-            char buffer[hostname_size];
-            gethostname(buffer, hostname_size);
+            char hostname[MAXLINE];
+            gethostname(hostname, MAXLINE);
+            char *user = getlogin();
+
 	        cout 
                 << make_color((string)name, ov4::color::bright_green) 
                 << " "
-                << make_color(getlogin(), ov4::color::bright_blue)
+                << make_color((user != nullptr ? user : "ov4"), ov4::color::bright_blue)
                 << make_color("@", ov4::color::bright_blue)
-                << make_color(buffer, ov4::color::bright_blue)
+                << make_color(hostname, ov4::color::bright_blue)
                 << ":"
                 << make_color(get_current_dir(), ov4::color::bright_purple)
                 << " " 
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