diff --git a/table.go b/table.go
index 6cc99f7..2fde80a 100644
--- a/table.go
+++ b/table.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package markdownTable
 
-import "strings"
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+)
 
 func CreateMarkdownTable(head []string, body [][]string) string {
 	separator := "|"
@@ -8,14 +11,14 @@ func CreateMarkdownTable(head []string, body [][]string) string {
 
 	//Calculate maximum column width based on headers
 	for i, val := range head {
-		columnWidths[i] = len(val)
+		columnWidths[i] = utf8.RuneCountInString(val)
 	}
 
 	//Calculate maximum column widths based on body data
 	for _, row := range body {
 		for i, val := range row {
-			if i < len(head) && len(val) > columnWidths[i] {
-				columnWidths[i] = len(val)
+			if i < len(head) && utf8.RuneCountInString(val) > columnWidths[i] {
+				columnWidths[i] = utf8.RuneCountInString(val)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -52,5 +55,5 @@ func CreateMarkdownTable(head []string, body [][]string) string {
 
 // Helper function to pad a string to the required length
 func padString(val string, length int) string {
-	return val + strings.Repeat(" ", length-len(val))
+	return val + strings.Repeat(" ", length-utf8.RuneCountInString(val))
 }