diff --git a/snippets/avas-laptop-prompt.rls b/snippets/avas-laptop-prompt.rls
index 56413d3..048fca3 100644
--- a/snippets/avas-laptop-prompt.rls
+++ b/snippets/avas-laptop-prompt.rls
@@ -57,10 +57,26 @@
   ()
   (display-batteries))
 
+(def _fancy-cwd 'prints (up to) last three segments of current path'
+  ()
+  (let ((cdir (load-to-string pwd))
+        (dir-segs (split cdir '/'))
+        (dir-iter (dq dir-segs))
+        (i 0))
+    (if (lte? (len dir-segs) 4)
+      cdir
+      (let ((final ""))
+        (while (lt? i 3)
+          (set (q final) (concat "/" (car dir-iter) final))
+          (set (q dir-iter) (dq (cdr dir-iter)))
+          (inc i))
+        (concat "..." final)))))
+
 (def CFG_RELISH_L_PROMPT 'display user and dir (git info in future)'
  ()
  (concat
    "[" USER "] "
-   (load-to-string basename (load-to-string pwd)) " "
+   (_fancy-cwd) " "
    ;; add more prompt elements here
+   "\n" ;; newline before delimiter
   ))