diff --git a/scripts/prismx.py b/scripts/prismx.py
index 1111b28..784e24f 100644
--- a/scripts/prismx.py
+++ b/scripts/prismx.py
@@ -111,13 +111,17 @@ def prism_cmd_cb(data, buffer, args):
 	regex = regex_words if 'w' in opts else regex_chars
 	inc = 'r' not in opts
 	bs = 'e' in opts
-	stretch = 's' in opts
 	colors = ncolors if 'x' not in opts else (xxcolors if bs or not inc else xcolors)
-	color_count = len(colors)
 	input = input[::-1] if 'b' in opts else input
-
 	output = u""
 	tokens = re.findall(regex, input)
+
+	if 's' in opts:
+		color_local = 0
+		colors = [colors[int(float(i)/len(tokens)*len(colors))]
+		 for i in xrange(len(tokens))]
+
+	color_count = len(colors)
 	for token in tokens:
 		# prefix each token with a color code
 		c1 = unicode(colors[color_local % color_count]).rjust(2, "0")