diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 54bc5b9..6f48212 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ alias less='less -R' # preserves colors in `less`
 PS1='[\u@\h: \w]\$ '
 export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim
 export PAGER=/usr/bin/less
+# sequence to set the terminal title to "user@hostname: pwd"
+TITLEBAR='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD}\007"'
 # Aggressive read/write of history after every command
-PROMPT_COMMAND='history -a; history -n'
+PROMPT_COMMAND="$TITLEBAR; history -a; history -n"
 
 # If a private bin directory exists, add it to PATH
 [[ -d ~/bin ]] && PATH="$PATH:~/bin"