diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d377f05..955ea55 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
+	"unicode/utf8"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -181,8 +182,8 @@ func (m model) InputWord() (model, tea.Cmd) {
 	input := m.textInput.Value()
 
 	m.lastWord = input
-	if len(input) > m.maxLength {
-		m.maxLength = len(input)
+	if utf8.RuneCountInString(input) > m.maxLength {
+		m.maxLength = utf8.RuneCountInString(input)
 	}
 	// TODO: Get distance and ranking from a file
 	w := word{input, 200*rand.Float64() - 100, rand.Intn(1000)}
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ func (w word) View(m model) string {
 
 	return fmt.Sprintf(
 		"* %s  %s %s  %4d %s\n",
-		w.content+strings.Repeat(" ", m.maxLength-len(w.content)),
+		w.content+strings.Repeat(" ", m.maxLength-utf8.RuneCountInString(w.content)),
 		distStr,
 		emoji,
 		w.ranking,