diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 083cba0..f541b2d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ env/
 **/*.pyc
 **/__pycache__/
 **/*.egg-info/
+build/
+dist/
diff --git a/dist/pwncat-0.1-py2.7.egg b/dist/pwncat-0.1-py2.7.egg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b3d374
Binary files /dev/null and b/dist/pwncat-0.1-py2.7.egg differ
diff --git a/pwncat/pty.py b/pwncat/pty.py
index 684c756..a9daa37 100644
--- a/pwncat/pty.py
+++ b/pwncat/pty.py
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ class PtyHandler:
     on the local end """
 
     OPEN_METHODS = {
-        "script": "exec {} -qc /bin/sh /dev/null",
-        "python": "exec {} -c \"import pty; pty.spawn('/bin/sh')\"",
+        "script": "exec {} -qc /bin/bash /dev/null",
+        "python": "exec {} -c \"import pty; pty.spawn('/bin/bash')\"",
     }
 
     INTERESTING_BINARIES = [
@@ -115,9 +115,15 @@ class PtyHandler:
             raise RuntimeError("no available methods to spawn a pty!")
 
         # Open the PTY
+
         util.info(f"opening pseudoterminal via {method}", overlay=True)
         client.sendall(method_cmd.encode("utf-8") + b"\n")
 
+        util.info("setting terminal prompt", overlay=True)
+        client.sendall(b'export PS1="(remote) \\u@\\h\\$ "\r')
+        self.recvuntil(b"\r\n")
+        self.recvuntil(b"\r\n")
+
         # Make sure HISTFILE is unset in this PTY (it resets when a pty is
         # opened)
         self.run("unset HISTFILE")
diff --git a/pwncat/util.py b/pwncat/util.py
index 8b06288..edc12e8 100644
--- a/pwncat/util.py
+++ b/pwncat/util.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from typing import Tuple, BinaryIO, Callable
 from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
 from socketserver import TCPServer, BaseRequestHandler
 from functools import partial
-from colorama import Fore
+from colorama import Fore, Style
 from io import TextIOWrapper
 import socket
 import threading
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ def enter_raw_mode():
         returns: the old state of the terminal
     """
 
-    info("setting terminal to raw mode and disabling echo")
+    info("setting terminal to raw mode and disabling echo", overlay=True)
+    success("pwncat is ready\n", overlay=True)
 
     # Ensure we don't have any weird buffering issues
     sys.stdout.flush()
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ def enter_raw_mode():
 def restore_terminal(state):
     """ restore the stdio state from the result of "enter_raw_mode" """
     termios.tcsetattr(sys.stdin.fileno(), termios.TCSADRAIN, state[0])
-    tty.setcbreak(sys.stdin)
+    # tty.setcbreak(sys.stdin)
     fcntl.fcntl(sys.stdin, fcntl.F_SETFL, state[1])
     sys.stdout.write("\n")
     info("local terminal restored")
@@ -268,10 +269,11 @@ def log(level, message, overlay=False):
     global LAST_PROG_ANIM
 
     prefix = {
-        "info": f"[{Fore.BLUE}+{Fore.RESET}] ",
-        "warn": f"[{Fore.YELLOW}?{Fore.RESET}] ",
-        "error": f"[{Fore.RED}!{Fore.RESET}] ",
-        "prog": f"[{Fore.CYAN}+{Fore.RESET}] ",
+        "info": f"[{Fore.BLUE}+{Fore.RESET}]",
+        "success": f"[{Fore.GREEN}+{Fore.RESET}]",
+        "warn": f"[{Fore.YELLOW}?{Fore.RESET}]",
+        "error": f"[{Fore.RED}!{Fore.RESET}]",
+        "prog": f"[{Fore.CYAN}+{Fore.RESET}]",
     }
 
     if overlay:
@@ -283,7 +285,10 @@ def log(level, message, overlay=False):
         LAST_PROG_ANIM = (LAST_PROG_ANIM + 1) % len(PROG_ANIMATION)
         prefix["prog"] = prefix["prog"].replace("+", PROG_ANIMATION[LAST_PROG_ANIM])
 
-    LAST_LOG_MESSAGE = (f"{prefix[level]} {message}", overlay)
+    LAST_LOG_MESSAGE = (
+        f"{prefix[level]} {Style.DIM}{message}{Style.RESET_ALL}",
+        overlay,
+    )
     sys.stdout.write(LAST_LOG_MESSAGE[0])
 
     if not overlay:
@@ -304,5 +309,9 @@ def error(message, overlay=False):
     log("error", message, overlay)
 
 
+def success(message, overlay=False):
+    log("success", message, overlay)
+
+
 # def progress(message, overlay=False):
 #    log("prog", message, overlay)