diff --git a/src/modules/character.rs b/src/modules/character.rs
index 98b9b254..9ebc8fa6 100644
--- a/src/modules/character.rs
+++ b/src/modules/character.rs
@@ -17,17 +17,13 @@ pub fn segment(args: &ArgMatches) -> Segment {
 
     let segment = Segment::new("char");
 
-    let color = if args.value_of("status_code").unwrap() == "0" {
+    if args.value_of("status_code").unwrap() == "0" {
         segment.set_style(COLOR_SUCCESS);
     } else {
-        COLOR_FAILURE
+        segment.set_style(COLOR_FAILURE);
     };
 
-    Segment {
-        value: String::from(PROMPT_CHAR),
-        style: Style::from(color),
-        ..Default::default()
-    }
+    segment
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/src/segment.rs b/src/segment.rs
index df301762..9fe50e90 100644
--- a/src/segment.rs
+++ b/src/segment.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ pub struct Segment {
 }
 
 impl Segment {
-    pub fn new<S>(name: S) -> Segment where S: Into<String> {
+    pub fn new<T>(name: T) -> Segment
+    where
+        T: Into<String>,
+    {
         let default_prefix = Some(Box::new(Segment {
             name: Some(format!("{} {}", name.into(), "prefix")),
             style: Style::default(),
@@ -35,8 +38,11 @@ impl Segment {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn set_style<'a>(&'a mut self, style: Style) -> &'a mut Segment {
-        self.style = style;
+    pub fn set_style<'a, T>(&'a mut self, style: T) -> &'a mut Segment
+    where
+        T: Into<Style>,
+    {
+        self.style = style.into();
         self
     }