diff --git a/appearance.el b/appearance.el
index b281084..24ce57e 100644
--- a/appearance.el
+++ b/appearance.el
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
 
 ;; meaningful names for buffers with the same name
 (require 'uniquify)
-(setq uniquify-buffer-name-style 'forward)
-(setq uniquify-separator "/")
+(setq uniquify-buffer-name-style 'post-forward)
+(setq uniquify-separator " | ")
 (setq uniquify-after-kill-buffer-p t)    ; rename after killing uniquified
 (setq uniquify-ignore-buffers-re "^\\*") ; don't muck with special buffers