diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 65facc31..2d7852d4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ byobu (6.10) unreleased; urgency=medium
 
   * debian/compat, debian/control:
     - bump compat, fix vcs lintian warning, fix debhelper warnings
+  * usr/share/byobu/profiles/bashrc:
+    - fix timer string logic
 
- -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 22 Jan 2024 10:29:06 -0600
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 23 Jan 2024 09:03:16 -0600
 
 byobu (6.9-0ubuntu1) noble; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/usr/share/byobu/profiles/bashrc b/usr/share/byobu/profiles/bashrc
index a319ed15..1455193e 100644
--- a/usr/share/byobu/profiles/bashrc
+++ b/usr/share/byobu/profiles/bashrc
@@ -44,21 +44,9 @@ byobu_prompt_runtime() {
 	nanoseconds=$(printf "%.6d" ${nanoseconds})
 	microseconds=${nanoseconds:0:3}
 	# Shorten our string as much as possible
-	if [ "$days" = "0" ]; then
-		days=
-		if [ "$hours" = "0" ]; then
-			hours=
-			if [ "$minutes" = "0" ]; then
-				minutes=
-			else
-				minutes="${minutes}m "
-			fi
-		else
-			hours="${hours}h "
-		fi
-	else
-		days="${days}d "
-	fi
+	[ "$days" = "0" ] && days= || days="${days}d "
+	[ "$hours" = "0" ] && hours= || hours="${hours}h "
+	[ "$minutes" = "0" ] && minutes= || minutes="${minutes}m "
 	str="${days}${hours}${minutes}${seconds}.${microseconds}s"
 	printf "[%s]" "$str" 1>&2
 }