diff --git a/ask.c b/ask.c
index 38f3201..64822db 100644
--- a/ask.c
+++ b/ask.c
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@
 
 #include "bterm.h"
 
-static int password = 0, quickpick = 0, case_sensitive = 0, to_skip = 0;
-
 #define LOWERCASE(c) ('A' <= (c) && (c) <= 'Z' ? ((c) + 'a' - 'A') : (c))
 #define EQ(a, b) (case_sensitive ? (a) == (b) : LOWERCASE(a) == LOWERCASE(b))
+#define PASSWORD "-\\|/"
+
+static int password = 0, quickpick = 0, case_sensitive = 0, to_skip = 0;
 
 static inline void *memcheck(void *p)
 {
@@ -121,15 +122,23 @@ static char *get_input(FILE *in, FILE *out, const char *prompt, const char *init
             return best;
 
         picked = best;
-        if (best) {
-            draw_line(out, best, buf, &buf[b]);
+        if (password) {
+            if (best) fputs("\033[0;32m", out);
+            else if (nopts > 0) fputs("\033[0;31m", out);
+            else fputs("\033[0;2m", out);
+            fputc((PASSWORD)[strlen(buf) % strlen(PASSWORD)], out);
+            fputs("\033[0m", out);
         } else {
-            if (nopts > 0)
-                fprintf(out, "\033[0;31m%s\033[0m", buf);
-            else
-                fprintf(out, "\033[0m%s\033[0m", buf);
-            if (b < (int)strlen(buf))
-                fprintf(out, "\033[%dD", (int)strlen(buf) - b);
+            if (best) {
+                draw_line(out, best, buf, &buf[b]);
+            } else {
+                if (nopts > 0)
+                    fprintf(out, "\033[0;31m%s\033[0m", buf);
+                else
+                    fprintf(out, "\033[0m%s\033[0m", buf);
+                if (b < (int)strlen(buf))
+                    fprintf(out, "\033[%dD", (int)strlen(buf) - b);
+            }
         }
         fflush(out);
         int key;
@@ -241,10 +250,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             password = 1;
         } else if (strcmp(argv[a], "-q") == 0 || strcmp(argv[a], "--quickpick") == 0) {
             quickpick = 1;
+        } else if (strcmp(argv[a], "-h") == 0 || strcmp(argv[a], "--help") == 0) {
+            printf("ask - A simple command line input tool.\n"
+                   "Usage: ask [-q|--quickpick] [-p|--password] [-v|--version] [-h|--help] [prompt [initial [options...]]]\n");
+            return 0;
+        } else if (strcmp(argv[a], "-v") == 0 || strcmp(argv[a], "--version") == 0) {
+            printf("ask v0.1\n");
+            return 0;
         } else break;
         ++a;
     }
     if (!prompt && a < argc) prompt = argv[a++];
+    if (!prompt) prompt = "> ";
     if (!initial && a < argc) initial = argv[a++];
 
     while (a < argc) {