diff --git a/lib/pry.rb b/lib/pry.rb
index 61afea6e..c558b3df 100644
--- a/lib/pry.rb
+++ b/lib/pry.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class Pry
                     }
                    ]
 
-  DEFAULT_PROMPT_SAFE_OBJECTS = [String, Numeric, Symbol, nil, true, false, TOPLEVEL_BINDING.eval("self")]
+  DEFAULT_PROMPT_SAFE_OBJECTS = [String, Numeric, Symbol, nil, true, false]
 
   # A simple prompt - doesn't display target or nesting level
   SIMPLE_PROMPT = [proc { ">> " }, proc { " | " }]
diff --git a/lib/pry/pry_class.rb b/lib/pry/pry_class.rb
index 6edd734d..d5099722 100644
--- a/lib/pry/pry_class.rb
+++ b/lib/pry/pry_class.rb
@@ -130,11 +130,15 @@ class Pry
   def self.view_clip(obj, max_length = 60)
     if obj.kind_of?(Module) && obj.name.to_s != "" && obj.name.to_s.length <= max_length
       obj.name.to_s
+    elsif TOPLEVEL_BINDING.eval('self') == obj
+      # special case for 'main' object :)
+      obj.to_s
     elsif Pry.config.prompt_safe_objects.any? { |v| v === obj } && obj.inspect.length <= max_length
       obj.inspect
     else
       "#<#{obj.class}>"#:%x>"# % (obj.object_id << 1)
     end
+
   rescue RescuableException
     "unknown"
   end