diff --git a/src/color/text.go b/src/color/text.go
index 44c809e0..dacc8f0d 100644
--- a/src/color/text.go
+++ b/src/color/text.go
@@ -3,14 +3,19 @@ package color
 import (
 	"oh-my-posh/regex"
 	"strings"
-	"unicode/utf8"
+
+	"github.com/mattn/go-runewidth"
 )
 
+func init() { // nolint:gochecknoinits
+	runewidth.DefaultCondition.EastAsianWidth = false
+}
+
 func (ansi *Ansi) MeasureText(text string) int {
 	// skip strings with ANSI
 	if !strings.Contains(text, "\x1b") {
 		text = ansi.TrimEscapeSequences(text)
-		length := utf8.RuneCountInString(text)
+		length := runewidth.StringWidth(text)
 		return length
 	}
 	if strings.Contains(text, "\x1b]8;;") {
@@ -21,7 +26,7 @@ func (ansi *Ansi) MeasureText(text string) int {
 	}
 	text = ansi.TrimAnsi(text)
 	text = ansi.TrimEscapeSequences(text)
-	length := utf8.RuneCountInString(text)
+	length := runewidth.StringWidth(text)
 	return length
 }
 
diff --git a/src/go.mod b/src/go.mod
index 525d65dd..d2dfc6e6 100644
--- a/src/go.mod
+++ b/src/go.mod
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v0.22.0
 	github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v0.5.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2 v2.13.0
+	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.13
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.5.0
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.5.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
@@ -74,7 +75,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/muesli/ansi v0.0.0-20211031195517-c9f0611b6c70 // indirect
 	github.com/muesli/cancelreader v0.2.2 // indirect