diff --git a/global/overlay/root/.profile b/global/overlay/root/.profile
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+# ~/.profile: executed by Bourne-compatible login shells.
+
+if [ "$BASH" ]; then
+
+  if [ "x$SUNET_DEFAULT_PROMPT" = "x" ]; then
+    # this variable is used in standard Ubuntu .bashrc
+    force_color_prompt='yes'
+    old_PS1=$PS1
+  fi
+
+  if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
+    . ~/.bashrc
+  fi
+
+  # put timestamps in the history
+  HISTTIMEFORMAT='%F %T '
+
+  if [ "x$SUNET_DEFAULT_PROMPT" = "x" ]; then
+    # check if PS1 was changed, and if it was (meaning terminal is capable etc.)
+    # update it again.
+    if [ "x$old_PS1" != "x$PS1" ]; then
+      #default in .bashrc: PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
+      black='\[\033[00m\]'
+      cyan='\[\033[00;36m\]'
+      turqoise='\[\033[01;36m\]'
+      orange='\[\033[00;38;5;208m\]'
+      hostcolor=$orange
+      dircolor=$cyan
+      # Functions augmenting the prompt with useful information
+      _git=''
+      test -f /usr/lib/git-core/git-sh-prompt && _git='$(__git_ps1 " '$turqoise'(%s)'$black'")'
+      _NOCOSMOS='$(test -f /etc/no-automatic-cosmos && echo "!COSMOS ")'
+      _NOHAPROXY='$(test -d /var/haproxy-status && find /var/haproxy-status -type f -prune -empty | grep -q /var && echo "!HAPROXY ")'
+      PS1=': \A ${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}'${black}${_NOCOSMOS}${_NOHAPROXY}'\u''@'${hostcolor}'\h'${black}':'${_git}' '${dircolor}'\w'${black}' \$ '
+      unset black cyan turqoise orange hostcolor dircolor _git _NOCOSMOS
+    fi
+    unset force_color_prompt old_PS1 SUNET_DEFAULT_PROMPT
+  fi
+fi
+
+mesg n || true