diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c73ffa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.profile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Color_Off='\e[0m'
+BPurple='\e[1;35m'
+BBlue='\e[1;34m'
+
+is_git() {
+  git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+PS1="\[${BPurple}\]\$(is_git) \[${BBlue}\]\W\[${Color_Off}\] >_ "