diff --git a/lua/config/lualine.lua b/lua/config/lualine.lua
index 08ead79..dc99631 100644
--- a/lua/config/lualine.lua
+++ b/lua/config/lualine.lua
@@ -140,13 +140,15 @@ require("lualine").setup {
   options = {
     icons_enabled = true,
     theme = "auto",
+    component_separators = { left = '⏐', right = '⏐' },
     section_separators = "",
-    component_separators = "",
     disabled_filetypes = {},
     always_divide_middle = true,
   },
   sections = {
-    lualine_a = { "mode" },
+    lualine_a = {
+      "mode",
+    },
     lualine_b = {
       {
         "branch",
@@ -154,6 +156,7 @@ require("lualine").setup {
           -- truncate branch name in case the name is too long
           return string.sub(name, 1, 20)
         end,
+        color = { gui = "italic,bold" },
       },
       {
         virtual_env,
@@ -192,7 +195,7 @@ require("lualine").setup {
       },
     },
     lualine_y = {
-      "encoding",
+      { "encoding", fmt = string.upper },
       {
         "fileformat",
         symbols = {
@@ -212,7 +215,8 @@ require("lualine").setup {
         mixed_indent,
         color = "WarningMsg",
       },
-      "progress"
+      "location",
+      "progress",
     },
   },
   inactive_sections = {