diff --git a/prompt_fred_setup b/prompt_fred_setup
index 03cd5d0..0e709f3 100644
--- a/prompt_fred_setup
+++ b/prompt_fred_setup
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ setopt PROMPT_SUBST #allows prompt substitutions
 if [[ $(locale charmap) != UTF-8 || "$TERM" == linux ]]
 then
   ERROR_CHAR=''
-  GIT_DIRTY_CHAR='+-'
+  GIT_DIRTY_CHAR="*"
   PREFIX='$'
   LCOLOR=""
 else
   ERROR_CHAR='⏎'
-  GIT_DIRTY_CHAR="±"
+  GIT_DIRTY_CHAR="∆" # U+2206
   PREFIX="❱" # U+2771
   LCOLOR="$fg_bold[black]"
 fi