diff --git a/powerline/config_files/themes/shell/default_leftonly.json b/powerline/config_files/themes/shell/default_leftonly.json
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+{
+	"default_module": "powerline.segments.common",
+	"segments": {
+		"left": [
+			{
+				"name": "hostname",
+				"before": " "
+			},
+			{
+				"name": "user"
+			},
+			{
+				"name": "branch",
+				"before": " "
+			},
+			{
+				"name": "cwd",
+				"args": {
+					"dir_limit_depth": 3
+				}
+			}
+		]
+	}
+}