diff --git a/cli/cli.odin b/cli/cli.odin
index 382ec57..ec4faf8 100644
--- a/cli/cli.odin
+++ b/cli/cli.odin
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ import "core:sys/posix"
 import "core:path/filepath"
 import "core:unicode/utf8"
 
-INPUT_MAX :: 4096
-HISTORY_MAX :: 2048
-HISTORY_FILE :: "skal.history"
+import "../config"
 
 History :: struct {
     data: [dynamic][]rune,
@@ -50,7 +48,7 @@ init_cli :: proc () {
     home_path := string(posix.getenv("HOME"))
     log.assertf(home_path != "", "Home path not found")
 
-    term.history.file = filepath.join({home_path, HISTORY_FILE}, context.allocator) 
+    term.history.file = filepath.join({home_path, config.HISTORY_FILE}, context.allocator) 
     log.assertf(mem_err == nil, "Memory allocation failed")
 
     USER_PERMISSIONS :: 0o600
@@ -112,7 +110,17 @@ get_prompt_prefix :: proc() -> string {
         user = string(pw.pw_name)
     }
 
-    prompt_parts := []string {user, " :: ", dir, " » "}
+    prompt_parts := []string {
+        config.USER_COLOR, 
+        user, 
+        config.DETAILS_COLOR,
+        " :: ", 
+        config.DIR_COLOR,
+        dir, 
+        config.DETAILS_COLOR,
+        " » ",
+        config.BASE_COLOR}
+
     prompt, err := strings.concatenate(prompt_parts[:], context.temp_allocator)
     log.assertf(err == nil, "Memory allocation failed")
 
diff --git a/config/config.odin b/config/config.odin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57f5d43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/config.odin
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package config
+
+HISTORY_FILE :: "skal.history"
+USER_COLOR :: "\x1b[0m"
+DETAILS_COLOR :: "\x1b[34m"
+DIR_COLOR :: "\x1b[32m"
+BASE_COLOR :: "\x1b[0m"
diff --git a/shell/shell.odin b/shell/shell.odin
index 79f855c..19ba41c 100644
--- a/shell/shell.odin
+++ b/shell/shell.odin
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import "core:log"
 
 import "../parser"
 import "../cli"
+import "../config"
 
 ShellState :: enum {
     Continue,
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ handle_backround_process :: proc"c"(sig: posix.Signal) {
 
     if background_pid > 0 && background_pid != foreground_pid {
         fmt.printf("skal: [%d] done", background_pid)
-        // Clear prompt
+        // todo: skip and redraw prompt with input 
     }
 
     if foreground_pid == background_pid {