diff --git a/src/modules/directory.rs b/src/modules/directory.rs
index d62a41f6..5f2174bd 100644
--- a/src/modules/directory.rs
+++ b/src/modules/directory.rs
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@ fn truncate(dir_string: String, length: usize) -> String {
     let components = dir_string
         .split(std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR)
         .collect::<Vec<&str>>();
-    if components.len() < length {
+    if components.len() <= length {
         return dir_string;
     }
 
-    let truncated_components = &components[..length];
+    let truncated_components = &components[components.len() - length..];
     truncated_components.join(&std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR.to_string())
 }
 
@@ -103,45 +103,71 @@ fn truncate(dir_string: String, length: usize) -> String {
 mod tests {
     // TODO: Look into stubbing `env` so that tests can be run in parallel
     use super::*;
-    use clap::{App, Arg};
-    use std::path::Path;
+
+    // #[test]
+    // fn truncate_home_dir() {
+    //     let args = App::new("starship")
+    //         .arg(Arg::with_name("status_code"))
+    //         .get_matches_from(vec!["starship", "0"]);
+
+    //     let home_dir = dirs::home_dir().unwrap();
+    //     env::set_current_dir(&home_dir).unwrap();
+
+    //     let segment = segment(&args).unwrap();
+    //     assert_eq!(segment.output(), "~");
+    // }
+
+    // #[test]
+    // fn dont_truncate_non_home_dir() {
+    //     let args = App::new("starship")
+    //         .arg(Arg::with_name("status_code"))
+    //         .get_matches_from(vec!["starship", "0"]);
+
+    //     let root_dir = Path::new("/");
+    //     env::set_current_dir(&root_dir).unwrap();
+
+    //     let segment = segment(&args).unwrap();
+    //     assert_eq!(segment.output(), "/");
+    // }
+
+    // #[test]
+    // fn do_not_canonicalize_paths() {
+    //     let args = App::new("starship")
+    //         .arg(Arg::with_name("status_code"))
+    //         .get_matches_from(vec!["starship", "0"]);
+
+    //     let root_dir = Path::new("/var");
+    //     env::set_current_dir(&root_dir).unwrap();
+
+    //     let segment = segment(&args).unwrap();
+    //     assert_eq!(segment.output(), "/var");
+    // }
 
     #[test]
-    fn truncate_home_dir() {
-        let args = App::new("starship")
-            .arg(Arg::with_name("status_code"))
-            .get_matches_from(vec!["starship", "0"]);
-
-        let home_dir = dirs::home_dir().unwrap();
-        env::set_current_dir(&home_dir).unwrap();
-
-        let segment = segment(&args);
-        // assert_eq!(segment.value, "~");
+    fn truncate_smaller_path_than_provided_length() {
+        let path = "~/starship";
+        let output = truncate(path.to_string(), 3);
+        assert_eq!(output, "~/starship")
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn dont_truncate_non_home_dir() {
-        let args = App::new("starship")
-            .arg(Arg::with_name("status_code"))
-            .get_matches_from(vec!["starship", "0"]);
-
-        let root_dir = Path::new("/");
-        env::set_current_dir(&root_dir).unwrap();
-
-        let segment = segment(&args);
-        // assert_eq!(segment.value, "/");
+    fn truncate_same_path_as_provided_length() {
+        let path = "~/starship/engines";
+        let output = truncate(path.to_string(), 3);
+        assert_eq!(output, "~/starship/engines")
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn do_not_canonicalize_paths() {
-        let args = App::new("starship")
-            .arg(Arg::with_name("status_code"))
-            .get_matches_from(vec!["starship", "0"]);
+    fn truncate_slightly_larger_path_then_provided_length() {
+        let path = "~/starship/engines/booster";
+        let output = truncate(path.to_string(), 3);
+        assert_eq!(output, "starship/engines/booster")
+    }
 
-        let root_dir = Path::new("/var");
-        env::set_current_dir(&root_dir).unwrap();
-
-        let segment = segment(&args);
-        // assert_eq!(segment.value, "/var");
+    #[test]
+    fn truncate_larger_path_than_provided_length() {
+        let path = "~/starship/engines/booster/rocket";
+        let output = truncate(path.to_string(), 3);
+        assert_eq!(output, "engines/booster/rocket")
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/print.rs b/src/print.rs
index cc171919..a909e58b 100644
--- a/src/print.rs
+++ b/src/print.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ pub fn prompt(args: ArgMatches) {
         .map(|module| modules::handle(module, &args)) // Compute segments
         .flatten() // Remove segments set to `None`
         .enumerate() // Turn segment into tuple with index
-        .map(|(index, segment)| segment.output(index)) // Generate string outputs
+        .map(|(index, segment)| segment.output_index(index)) // Generate string outputs
         .for_each(|segment_string| write!(handle, "{}", segment_string).unwrap());
 }
diff --git a/src/segment.rs b/src/segment.rs
index a9a188f6..a56e1bf8 100644
--- a/src/segment.rs
+++ b/src/segment.rs
@@ -76,8 +76,37 @@ impl Segment {
     /// Create a string with the formatted contents of a segment
     ///
     /// Will recursively also format the prefix and suffix of the segment being
-    /// stringified. Skips the prefix of the first segment.
-    pub fn output(&self, index: usize) -> String {
+    /// stringified.
+    pub fn output(&self) -> String {
+        let Segment {
+            name: _name,
+            prefix,
+            value,
+            style,
+            suffix,
+        } = self;
+
+        let mut segment_string = String::new();
+
+        // Skip the prefix for the first segment
+        if let Some(prefix) = prefix {
+            segment_string += &prefix.output()
+        }
+
+        segment_string += &style.paint(value).to_string();
+
+        if let Some(suffix) = suffix {
+            segment_string += &suffix.output();
+        }
+
+        segment_string
+    }
+
+    /// Create a string with the formatted contents of a segment while skipping the first segment.
+    ///
+    /// Will recursively also format the prefix and suffix of the segment being
+    /// stringified.
+    pub fn output_index(&self, index: usize) -> String {
         let Segment {
             name: _name,
             prefix,
@@ -91,14 +120,14 @@ impl Segment {
         // Skip the prefix for the first segment
         if index != 0 {
             if let Some(prefix) = prefix {
-                segment_string += &prefix.output(index)
+                segment_string += &prefix.output_index(index)
             }
         }
 
         segment_string += &style.paint(value).to_string();
 
         if let Some(suffix) = suffix {
-            segment_string += &suffix.output(index);
+            segment_string += &suffix.output();
         }
 
         segment_string