diff --git a/data/home/.machine_env b/data/home/.machine_env
index c136b3d..d33ab05 100644
--- a/data/home/.machine_env
+++ b/data/home/.machine_env
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ function random_from {
 
 
 # generated variables
-export MACHINE_COLOR=$(random_from 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 14)
+mb_colors=$(random_from 1:9 2:10 3:11 4:12 5:13 6:14 9:1 10:2 11:3 12:4 13:5 14:6)
+export MACHINE_COLOR=$(echo $mb_colors | cut -d ':' -f 1)
+export MACHINE_COLOR_ALT=$(echo $mb_colors | cut -d ':' -f 2)
diff --git a/data/home/.p10k.zsh b/data/home/.p10k.zsh
index d214111..57174d3 100644
--- a/data/home/.p10k.zsh
+++ b/data/home/.p10k.zsh
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
   # Replace removed segment suffixes with this symbol.
   typeset -g POWERLEVEL9K_SHORTEN_DELIMITER=
   # Color of the shortened directory segments.
-  typeset -g POWERLEVEL9K_DIR_SHORTENED_FOREGROUND=103
+  typeset -g POWERLEVEL9K_DIR_SHORTENED_FOREGROUND=$MACHINE_COLOR_ALT
   # Color of the anchor directory segments. Anchor segments are never shortened. The first
   # segment is always an anchor.
   typeset -g POWERLEVEL9K_DIR_ANCHOR_FOREGROUND=011