diff --git a/env/DAMASK.sh b/env/DAMASK.sh
index 1c5ffcf4b..83470b187 100644
--- a/env/DAMASK.sh
+++ b/env/DAMASK.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ function canonicalPath {
   python -c "import os,sys; print(os.path.realpath(os.path.expanduser(sys.argv[1])))" $1
 }
 
+function blink {
+  echo -e "\033[2;5m$1\033[0m"
+}
+
 if [ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu" ] || [ "$OSTYPE" == 'linux' ]; then
   DAMASK_ROOT=$(dirname $BASH_SOURCE)
 else
@@ -34,10 +38,10 @@ unset -f set
 [ "x$DAMASK_BIN" != "x" ] && PATH=$DAMASK_BIN:$PATH
 
 SOLVER=$(type -p DAMASK_spectral || true 2>/dev/null)
-[ "x$SOLVER" == "x" ] && SOLVER='Not found!'
+[ "x$SOLVER" == "x" ] && SOLVER=$(blink 'Not found!')
 
 PROCESSING=$(type -p postResults || true 2>/dev/null)
-[ "x$PROCESSING" == "x" ] && PROCESSING='Not found!'
+[ "x$PROCESSING" == "x" ] && PROCESSING=$(blink 'Not found!')
 
 [ "x$DAMASK_NUM_THREADS" == "x" ] && DAMASK_NUM_THREADS=1
 
@@ -66,7 +70,8 @@ if [ ! -z "$PS1" ]; then
     [[ $(canonicalPath "$PETSC_DIR") == $PETSC_DIR ]] \
     || echo "               ~~> "$(canonicalPath "$PETSC_DIR")
   fi
-  echo "MSC.Marc/Mentat    $MSC_ROOT"
+  echo -n "MSC.Marc/Mentat    "
+  [ -d $MSC_ROOT ] && echo $MSC_ROOT || blink $MSC_ROOT
   echo
   echo -n "heap  size         "
    [[ "$(ulimit -d)" == "unlimited" ]] \