diff --git a/include/fc/rpc/cli.hpp b/include/fc/rpc/cli.hpp
index f4bb7a5..d6d9d11 100644
--- a/include/fc/rpc/cli.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/rpc/cli.hpp
@@ -53,16 +53,18 @@ namespace fc { namespace rpc {
 
          virtual void getline( const fc::string& prompt, fc::string& line );
 
+         void set_prompt( const string& prompt ) { _prompt = prompt; }
+
       private:
          void run()
          {
-               while( !_run_complete.canceled() )
-               {
-                  try {
+             while( !_run_complete.canceled() )
+             {
+                try {
                      std::string line;
                      try
                      {
-                        getline( ">>> ", line );
+                        getline( _prompt.c_str(), line );
                      }
                      catch ( const fc::eof_exception& e )
                      {
@@ -88,8 +90,9 @@ namespace fc { namespace rpc {
                 {
                    std::cout << e.to_detail_string() << "\n";
                 }
-            } 
+             } 
          }
+         std::string      _prompt = ">>>";
          std::map<string,std::function<string(variant,const variants&)> > _result_formatters;
          fc::future<void> _run_complete;
    };
diff --git a/src/rpc/cli.cpp b/src/rpc/cli.cpp
index fd441e4..1cc04ed 100644
--- a/src/rpc/cli.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/cli.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 #include <fc/rpc/cli.hpp>
 #include <fc/thread/thread.hpp>
 
@@ -31,10 +30,7 @@
 
 namespace fc { namespace rpc {
 
-void cli::getline(
-   const fc::string& prompt,
-   fc::string& line
-   )
+void cli::getline( const fc::string& prompt, fc::string& line)
 {
    // getting file descriptor for C++ streams is near impossible
    // so we just assume it's the same as the C stream...