diff --git a/config/xmonad/xmonad.hs b/config/xmonad/xmonad.hs
index 8ca02e14..718972c7 100644
--- a/config/xmonad/xmonad.hs
+++ b/config/xmonad/xmonad.hs
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ myLogHook h = dynamicLogWithPP $ def {
 myXmobarFormat = def {
             --ppCurrent = xmobarColor "black" "white", 
             ppTitleSanitize = xmobarStrip,
-            ppCurrent = wrap "> " "<" . xmobarBorder "Top" "#8be9fd" 2,
+            ppCurrent = wrap (magenta">")  (magenta "<"), 
             ppHidden = white . wrap " " "",
             ppHiddenNoWindows = lowWhite . wrap " " "",
             ppUrgent = red . wrap (yellow "!") (yellow "!"),