diff --git a/common/message/to_client.ts b/common/message/to_client.ts
index 46081c8..d63b402 100644
--- a/common/message/to_client.ts
+++ b/common/message/to_client.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,3 @@ export function display_parser() {
 		}),
 	});
 }
-
-function char_parser() {
-	return z.string().length(1);
-}
diff --git a/server/components/display.ts b/server/components/display.ts
index 4eebf70..dad1cef 100644
--- a/server/components/display.ts
+++ b/server/components/display.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,14 @@ import { query_in_rect } from "./world.ts";
 
 export class CompDisplay {
 	display;
+
 	constructor(display: string) {
 		this.display = display;
 	}
+
+	update(display: string) {
+		this.display = display;
+	}
 }
 
 export function sys_render_world(center: Vec2, size: Vec2) {
diff --git a/server/entities/player.ts b/server/entities/player.ts
index f57a6f8..431e393 100644
--- a/server/entities/player.ts
+++ b/server/entities/player.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ export class Session {
 	move(direction: Vec2) {
 		const pos = this.entity.get_force(CompPos);
 		pos.move_collide(this.engine, direction);
+		const display = this.entity.get_force(CompDisplay);
+		if (direction.x() > 0) display.update("P/");
+		if (direction.x() < 0) display.update("\\P");
 	}
 }
 
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ export function sys_spawn_player(position: Vec2) {
 			entity.insert(
 				new CompPlayer(),
 				new CompPos(entity, position),
-				new CompDisplay("`/"),
+				new CompDisplay("P/"),
 			)
 		);
 	};