diff --git a/bash/bash_profile b/bash/bash_profile
index e5c6c50..56c8b92 100644
--- a/bash/bash_profile
+++ b/bash/bash_profile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[[ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]] && source "$HOME/.bashrc"
+[ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ] && source "$HOME/.bashrc"
 
 appendpath () {
     case ":$PATH:" in
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ user_paths=("$HOME/bin" "$HOME/.local/bin" "$HOME/scripts" "$HOME/.local/scripts
 user_paths+=("$HOME/.cargo/bin" "$HOME/go/bin" "$HOME/.local/go/bin")
 
 for path in "${user_paths[@]}"; do
-	if [ -d $path ]; then
-		appendpath $path
+	if [ -d "$path" ]; then
+		appendpath "$path"
 	fi
 done
 
diff --git a/bash/bashrc b/bash/bashrc
index 1d89c53..297e360 100644
--- a/bash/bashrc
+++ b/bash/bashrc
@@ -117,14 +117,14 @@ parse_git() {
 		printf ":(${BRANCH})["
 	fi
 
-	if echo ${STATUS} | grep -c "nothing to commit"         &> /dev/null; then printf "\033[1;34m=\033[0m"; else printf ""; fi
-	if echo ${STATUS} | grep -c "renamed:"         &> /dev/null; then printf "\033[1;31m>\033[0m"; else printf ""; fi
-	if echo ${STATUS} | grep -c "deleted:"         &> /dev/null; then printf "\033[1;31m-\033[0m"; else printf ""; fi
-	if echo ${STATUS} | grep -c "new file:"       &> /dev/null; then printf "\033[1;32m+\033[0m"; else printf ""; fi
+	if echo "${STATUS}" | grep -c "nothing to commit"         &> /dev/null; then printf "\033[1;34m=\033[0m"; else printf ""; fi
+	if echo "${STATUS}" | grep -c "renamed:"         &> /dev/null; then printf "\033[1;31m>\033[0m"; else printf ""; fi
+	if echo "${STATUS}" | grep -c "deleted:"         &> /dev/null; then printf "\033[1;31m-\033[0m"; else printf ""; fi
+	if echo "${STATUS}" | grep -c "new file:"       &> /dev/null; then printf "\033[1;32m+\033[0m"; else printf ""; fi
 
-	if echo ${STATUS} | grep -c "branch is ahead:" &> /dev/null; then printf "\033[1;33m!\033[0m"; else printf ""; fi
-	if echo ${STATUS} | grep -c "Untracked files:" &> /dev/null; then printf "\033[1;33m?\033[0m"; else printf ""; fi
-	if echo ${STATUS} | grep -c "modified:"        &> /dev/null; then printf "\033[1;33m*\033[0m"; else printf ""; fi
+	if echo "${STATUS}" | grep -c "branch is ahead:" &> /dev/null; then printf "\033[1;33m!\033[0m"; else printf ""; fi
+	if echo "${STATUS}" | grep -c "Untracked files:" &> /dev/null; then printf "\033[1;33m?\033[0m"; else printf ""; fi
+	if echo "${STATUS}" | grep -c "modified:"        &> /dev/null; then printf "\033[1;33m*\033[0m"; else printf ""; fi
 
 	printf "]"
 }
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ pathappend() {
 	# https://superuser.com/questions/39751/add-directory-to-path-if-its-not-already-there
 	for ARG; do
 		if [ -d "$ARG" ] && [[ ":$PATH:" != *":$ARG:"* ]]; then
-			ABS_DIR="$(readlink -f $ARG)"
+			ABS_DIR="$(readlink -f "$ARG")"
 			PATH="${PATH:+"$PATH:"}$ABS_DIR"
 			echo "$ABS_DIR" added!
 		else
@@ -174,12 +174,12 @@ bkup() {
 
 #========== PROMPTS ==========#
 # git prompts
-PS1="\033[1;34m\w\033[0m\$(parse_git) \033[1;35m\$\033[0m "
-# PS1="\033[1;35m\u\033[1;33m@\033[1;36m\h\033[0m:\033[1;37:\033[1;34m\w\033[0m\$(parse_git)\033[0m\033[1;33m$ \033[0m"
+# PS1="\[\033[1;34m\]\w\[\033[0m\]\$(parse_git) \[\033[1;35m\]\$\[\033[0m\] "
+PS1="\[\033[1;35m\]\u\[\033[1;33m\]@\[\033[1;36m\]\h\[\033[0m\]:\[\033[1;37:\[\033[1;34m\]\w\[\033[0m\]\$(parse_git)\[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;33m\]$ \[\033[0m\]"
 
-# non git prompts
-# PS1="\033[1;34m\w \033[1;33m\$ \033[0m"
-# PS1="\033[1;35m\u\033[1;33m@\033[1;36m\h\033[0m:\033[1;37:\033[1;34m\w\033[0m\033[1;33m$ \033[0m"
+# non git prom\]pts
+# PS1="\[\033[1;34m\]\w \[\033[1;33m\]\$ \[\033[0m\]"
+# PS1="\[\033[1;35m\]\u\[\033[1;33m\]@\[\033[1;36m\]\h\[\033[0m\]:\[\033[1;37:\[\033[1;34m\]\w\[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;33m\]$ \[\033[0m\]"
 
 # non color prompts
 # PS1="\w \$ "
@@ -199,15 +199,15 @@ fi
 # COLORS according to (ANSI/VT100 Control sequences)
 # https://misc.flogisoft.com/bash/tip_colors_and_formatting for examples
 
-# \033[0;30m	BLACK		\033[1;30m		DARK GREY		
-# \033[0;31m	RED			\033[1;31m		LIGHT RED			
-# \033[0;32m	GREEN		\033[1;32m		LIGHT GREEN		
-# \033[0;33m	BROWN		\033[1;33m		YELLOW		
-# \033[0;34m	BLUE		\033[1;34m		LIGHT BLUE		
-# \033[0;35m	PURPLE		\033[1;35m		LIGHT PURPLE		
-# \033[0;36m	CYAN		\033[1;36m		LIGHT CYAN		
-# \033[0;37m	LIGHT GREY	\033[1;37m		WHITE		
+# \[\033[0;30m\]	BLACK		\[\033[1;30m\]		DARK GREY		
+# \[\033[0;31m\]	RED			\[\033[1;31m\]		LIGHT RED			
+# \[\033[0;32m\]	GREEN		\[\033[1;32m\]		LIGHT GREEN		
+# \[\033[0;33m\]	BROWN		\[\033[1;33m\]		YELLOW		
+# \[\033[0;34m\]	BLUE		\[\033[1;34m\]		LIGHT BLUE		
+# \[\033[0;35m\]	PURPLE		\[\033[1;35m\]		LIGHT PURPLE		
+# \[\033[0;36m\]	CYAN		\[\033[1;36m\]		LIGHT CYAN		
+# \[\033[0;37m\]	LIGHT GREY	\[\033[1;37m\]		WHITE		
 
-# \033[0m		RESET NORMAL
-# \033[1m		RESET BOLD
+# \[\033[0m\]		RESET NORMAL
+# \[\033[1m\]		RESET BOLD