diff --git a/decorators.go b/decorators.go
index 3df3f31..e7a31dc 100644
--- a/decorators.go
+++ b/decorators.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 	return b
 }
 
-func (b *Bar) PrependCounters(unit Units, minWidth int, conf byte) *Bar {
+func (b *Bar) PrependCounters(pairFormat string, unit Units, minWidth int, conf byte) *Bar {
 	format := "%%"
 	if (conf & DidentRight) != 0 {
 		format += "-"
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 	b.PrependFunc(func(s *Statistics, myWidth chan<- int, maxWidth <-chan int) string {
 		current := Format(s.Current).To(unit)
 		total := Format(s.Total).To(unit)
-		str := fmt.Sprintf("%s / %s", current, total)
+		str := fmt.Sprintf(pairFormat, current, total)
 		if (conf & DwidthSync) != 0 {
 			myWidth <- utf8.RuneCountInString(str)
 			max := <-maxWidth
diff --git a/example/sort/main.go b/example/sort/main.go
index 0683ef5..33e1cee 100644
--- a/example/sort/main.go
+++ b/example/sort/main.go
@@ -46,10 +46,11 @@
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	p := mpb.New(nil).SetWidth(60).BeforeRenderFunc(sortByProgressFunc())
 
-	name1 := "Bar#1: "
+	name1 := "Bar#1:"
 	bar1 := p.AddBar(100).
-		PrependName(name1, len(name1)).PrependFunc(getDecor()).
-		AppendETA(-6)
+		PrependName(name1, 0, mpb.DwidthSync).
+		PrependCounters("%3s/%3s", 0, 10, mpb.DwidthSync|mpb.DextraSpace).
+		AppendETA(3, 0)
 	wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
 		defer wg.Done()
@@ -62,8 +63,9 @@
 	}()
 
 	bar2 := p.AddBar(60).
-		PrependName("", 0-len(name1)).PrependFunc(getDecor()).
-		AppendETA(-6)
+		PrependName("", 0, mpb.DwidthSync).
+		PrependCounters("%3s/%3s", 0, 10, mpb.DwidthSync|mpb.DextraSpace).
+		AppendETA(3, 0)
 	wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
 		defer wg.Done()
@@ -76,8 +78,9 @@
 	}()
 
 	bar3 := p.AddBar(80).
-		PrependName("Bar#3: ", 0).PrependFunc(getDecor()).
-		AppendETA(-6)
+		PrependName("Bar#3:", 0, mpb.DwidthSync).
+		PrependCounters("%3s/%3s", 0, 10, mpb.DwidthSync|mpb.DextraSpace).
+		AppendETA(3, 0)
 	wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
 		defer wg.Done()
@@ -95,13 +98,6 @@
 	fmt.Println("stop")
 }
 
-func getDecor() mpb.DecoratorFunc {
-	return func(s *mpb.Statistics, myWidth chan<- int, maxWidth <-chan int) string {
-		str := fmt.Sprintf("%d/%d", s.Current, s.Total)
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%-7s", str)
-	}
-}
-
 func sleep(blockSize int) {
 	time.Sleep(time.Duration(blockSize) * (50*time.Millisecond + time.Duration(rand.Intn(5*int(time.Millisecond)))))
 }