diff --git a/cmd/cli/main.go b/cmd/cli/main.go
index cbe9e69..ec22218 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/main.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/main.go
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ func (m manager) normalMode(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 
 		displayStr, _ := itm.ProduceLine(longestDateLen, longestLocationLen, longestFlagsLen, false, true)
 		if m.s.highlightedItem == index {
-			// maxX * 2 because there are escape sequences that make it hard to tell the real string lenght
+			// maxX * 2 because there are escape sequences that make it hard to tell the real string length
 			displayStr = searchapp.DoHighlightString(displayStr, maxX*3)
 			if debug {
 				log.Println("### HightlightedItem string :", displayStr)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d638d7b..0ca87cd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/schollz/progressbar v1.0.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.1
 	github.com/whilp/git-urls v1.0.0
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20200224162631-6cc2880d07d6
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210903071746-97244b99971b // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210615171337-6886f2dfbf5b // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.7 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d6835ed..60670d5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20191129062945-2f5052295587/go.mod h1:2RIsYlXP63K8oxa1u0
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20191227195350-da58074b4299/go.mod h1:2RIsYlXP63K8oxa1u096TMicItID8zy7Y6sNkU49FU4=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20200119233911-0405dc783f0a/go.mod h1:2RIsYlXP63K8oxa1u096TMicItID8zy7Y6sNkU49FU4=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20200207192155-f17229e696bd/go.mod h1:J/WKrq2StrnmMY6+EHIKF9dgMWnmCNThgcyBT1FY9mM=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20200224162631-6cc2880d07d6 h1:QE6XYQK6naiK1EPAe1g/ILLxN5RBoH5xkJk3CqlMI/Y=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20200224162631-6cc2880d07d6/go.mod h1:3jZMyOhIsHpP37uCMkUooju7aAi5cS1Q23tOzKc+0MU=
 golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20190227222117-0694c2d4d067/go.mod h1:kZ7UVZpmo3dzQBMxlp+ypCbDeSB+sBbTgSJuh5dn5js=
 golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20190802002840-cff245a6509b/go.mod h1:FeLwcggjj3mMvU+oOTbSwawSJRM1uh48EjtB4UJZlP0=
diff --git a/pkg/searchapp/item.go b/pkg/searchapp/item.go
index af3b685..eaff1a1 100644
--- a/pkg/searchapp/item.go
+++ b/pkg/searchapp/item.go
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/curusarn/resh/pkg/records"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/utf8string"
 )
 
-const itemLocationLenght = 30
+const itemLocationLength = 30
+const dots = "…"
 
 // Item holds item info for normal mode
 type Item struct {
@@ -202,17 +204,17 @@ func (i Item) DrawItemColumns(compactRendering bool, debug bool) ItemColumns {
 func (ic ItemColumns) ProduceLine(dateLength int, locationLength int, flagLength int, header bool, showDate bool) (string, int) {
 	line := ""
 	if showDate {
-		date := ic.Date
-		for len(date) < dateLength {
-			line += " "
-			date += " "
-		}
-		// TODO: use strings.Repeat
-		line += ic.DateWithColor
+		line += strings.Repeat(" ", dateLength-len(ic.Date)) + ic.DateWithColor
 	}
 	// LOCATION
-	locationWithColor := ic.HostWithColor
-	pwdLength := locationLength - len(ic.Host)
+	var locationWithColor string
+	// ensure that host will not take up all the space
+	if len(ic.Host) >= locationLength {
+		locationWithColor = rightCutPadString(ic.Host, locationLength / 2 - 1) + ":"
+	} else {
+		locationWithColor = ic.HostWithColor
+	}
+	pwdLength := locationLength - len(locationWithColor)
 	if ic.samePwd {
 		locationWithColor += highlightPwd(leftCutPadString(ic.PwdTilde, pwdLength))
 	} else {
@@ -241,23 +243,29 @@ func (ic ItemColumns) ProduceLine(dateLength int, locationLength int, flagLength
 }
 
 func leftCutPadString(str string, newLen int) string {
-	dots := "…"
-	strLen := len(str)
+	if newLen <= 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	utf8Str := utf8string.NewString(str)
+	strLen := utf8Str.RuneCount()
 	if newLen > strLen {
 		return strings.Repeat(" ", newLen-strLen) + str
 	} else if newLen < strLen {
-		return dots + str[strLen-newLen+1:]
+		return dots + utf8string.NewString(str).Slice(strLen-newLen+1, strLen)
 	}
 	return str
 }
 
 func rightCutPadString(str string, newLen int) string {
-	dots := "…"
-	strLen := len(str)
+	if newLen <= 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	utf8Str := utf8string.NewString(str)
+	strLen := utf8Str.RuneCount()
 	if newLen > strLen {
 		return str + strings.Repeat(" ", newLen-strLen)
 	} else if newLen < strLen {
-		return str[:newLen-1] + dots
+		return utf8Str.Slice(0, newLen-1) + dots
 	}
 	return str
 }
diff --git a/pkg/searchapp/item_test.go b/pkg/searchapp/item_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..903157a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/searchapp/item_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package searchapp
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestLeftCutPadString
+func TestLeftCutPadString(t *testing.T) {
+	if leftCutPadString("abc", -1) != "" {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect left cut from abc to '' (negative)")
+	}
+	if leftCutPadString("abc", 0) != "" {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect left cut from abc to ''")
+	}
+	if leftCutPadString("abc", 1) != "…" {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect left cut from abc to …")
+	}
+	if leftCutPadString("abc", 2) != "…c" {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect left cut from abc to …c")
+	}
+	if leftCutPadString("abc", 3) != "abc" {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect left cut from abc to abc")
+	}
+	if leftCutPadString("abc", 5) != "  abc" {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect left pad from abc to '  abc'")
+	}
+
+	// unicode
+	if leftCutPadString("♥♥♥♥", -1) != "" {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect left cut from ♥♥♥♥ to '' (negative)")
+	}
+	if leftCutPadString("♥♥♥♥", 0) != "" {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect left cut from ♥♥♥♥ to ''")
+	}
+	if leftCutPadString("♥♥♥♥", 1) != "…" {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect left cut from ♥♥♥♥ to …")
+	}
+	if leftCutPadString("♥♥♥♥", 2) != "…♥" {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect left cut from ♥♥♥♥ to …♥")
+	}
+	if leftCutPadString("♥♥♥♥", 4) != "♥♥♥♥" {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect left cut from ♥♥♥♥ to ♥♥♥♥")
+	}
+	if leftCutPadString("♥♥♥♥", 6) != "  ♥♥♥♥" {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect left pad from ♥♥♥♥ to '  ♥♥♥♥'")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestRightCutPadString
+func TestRightCutPadString(t *testing.T) {
+	if rightCutPadString("abc", -1) != "" {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect right cut from abc to '' (negative)")
+	}
+	if rightCutPadString("abc", 0) != "" {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect right cut from abc to ''")
+	}
+	if rightCutPadString("abc", 1) != "…" {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect right cut from abc to …")
+	}
+	if rightCutPadString("abc", 2) != "a…" {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect right cut from abc to a…")
+	}
+	if rightCutPadString("abc", 3) != "abc" {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect right cut from abc to abc")
+	}
+	if rightCutPadString("abc", 5) != "abc  " {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect right pad from abc to 'abc  '")
+	}
+
+	// unicode
+	if rightCutPadString("♥♥♥♥", -1) != "" {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect right cut from ♥♥♥♥ to '' (negative)")
+	}
+	if rightCutPadString("♥♥♥♥", 0) != "" {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect right cut from ♥♥♥♥ to ''")
+	}
+	if rightCutPadString("♥♥♥♥", 1) != "…" {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect right cut from ♥♥♥♥ to …")
+	}
+	if rightCutPadString("♥♥♥♥", 2) != "♥…" {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect right cut from ♥♥♥♥ to ♥…")
+	}
+	if rightCutPadString("♥♥♥♥", 4) != "♥♥♥♥" {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect right cut from ♥♥♥♥ to ♥♥♥♥")
+	}
+	if rightCutPadString("♥♥♥♥", 6) != "♥♥♥♥  " {
+		t.Fatal("Incorrect right pad from ♥♥♥♥ to '♥♥♥♥  '")
+	}
+}