diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 12ca1c1c..5e837ed9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ byobu (5.50) unreleased; urgency=low
     - the @ symbol in the color prompt was hard to read
   * usr/bin/byobu-disable-prompt:
     - clean up all byobu-prompt lines
+  * usr/bin/byobu-disable-prompt, usr/bin/byobu-enable-prompt:
+    - use ubuntu themed colors for the prompt; might need to
+      ship themes for other distros?
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Sun, 28 Jul 2013 19:51:39 -0500
 
diff --git a/usr/bin/byobu-disable-prompt b/usr/bin/byobu-disable-prompt
index 70493ce6..f39330ac 100755
--- a/usr/bin/byobu-disable-prompt
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu-disable-prompt
@@ -24,4 +24,14 @@ PKG="byobu"
 
 $BYOBU_SED -i -e "/#byobu-prompt#$/d" "$HOME/.bashrc"
 
+if [ "$BYOBU_BACKEND" = "tmux" ]; then
+	tmux send-keys ". ~/.bashrc" \; send-keys Enter
+else
+	echo
+	echo "You will need to reload your shell configuration for this to take effect..."
+	echo "  . ~/.bashrc"
+	echo
+fi
+
+# vi: syntax=sh ts=4 noexpandtab
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diff --git a/usr/bin/byobu-enable-prompt b/usr/bin/byobu-enable-prompt
index 93bf85cc..9cd59662 100755
--- a/usr/bin/byobu-enable-prompt
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu-enable-prompt
@@ -24,13 +24,17 @@ PKG="byobu"
 
 byobu-disable-prompt || true
 cat >>"$HOME/.bashrc" <<EOF
-PS1="${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\e[00;31m\]\u\[\e[00m\]@\[\e[00;36m\]\h\[\e[00m\]:\[\e[00;32m\]\w\[\e[00m\]\$ " #byobu-prompt#
+PS1="${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\e[38;5;245m\]\u\[\e[00m\]@\[\e[38;5;5m\]\h\[\e[00m\]:\[\e[38;5;172m\]\w\[\e[00m\]❭ " #byobu-prompt#
 export TERM="xterm-256color" #byobu-prompt#
 EOF
 
-echo
-echo "You will need to reload your shell configuration for this to take effect..."
-echo "  . ~/.bashrc"
-echo
+if [ "$BYOBU_BACKEND" = "tmux" ]; then
+	tmux send-keys ". ~/.bashrc" \; send-keys Enter
+else
+	echo
+	echo "You will need to reload your shell configuration for this to take effect..."
+	echo "  . ~/.bashrc"
+	echo
+fi
 
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