diff --git a/src/shell/helper.rs b/src/shell/helper.rs
index 101b45a9..83a21d6b 100644
--- a/src/shell/helper.rs
+++ b/src/shell/helper.rs
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ impl Highlighter for Helper {
 }
 
 fn paint_token_node(token_node: &TokenNode, line: &str) -> String {
+    //println!("{:?}", token_node);
     let styled = match token_node {
         TokenNode::Call(..) => Color::Cyan.bold().paint(token_node.span().slice(line)),
         TokenNode::Whitespace(..) => Color::White.normal().paint(token_node.span().slice(line)),
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ fn paint_token_node(token_node: &TokenNode, line: &str) -> String {
         TokenNode::Path(..) => Color::Green.bold().paint(token_node.span().slice(line)),
         TokenNode::Error(..) => Color::Red.bold().paint(token_node.span().slice(line)),
         TokenNode::Delimited(..) => Color::White.paint(token_node.span().slice(line)),
-        TokenNode::Operator(..) => Color::Purple.bold().paint(token_node.span().slice(line)),
+        TokenNode::Operator(..) => Color::White.normal().paint(token_node.span().slice(line)),
         TokenNode::Pipeline(..) => Color::Blue.normal().paint(token_node.span().slice(line)),
         TokenNode::Token(Spanned {
             item: RawToken::Integer(..),
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ fn paint_pipeline_element(pipeline_element: &PipelineElement, line: &str) -> Str
         styled.push_str(&Color::White.normal().paint(ws.slice(line)));
     }
 
-    styled.push_str(&paint_token_node(pipeline_element.call().head(), line));
+    styled.push_str(&Color::Cyan.bold().paint(pipeline_element.call().head().span().slice(line)).to_string());
 
     if let Some(children) = pipeline_element.call().children() {
         for child in children {