diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0a1d8fd..7df21c5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -680,6 +680,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "indoc",
  "itertools",
  "ratatui",
+ "unicode-width",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -696,9 +697,9 @@ checksum = "1dd624098567895118886609431a7c3b8f516e41d30e0643f03d94592a147e36"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-width"
-version = "0.1.11"
+version = "0.1.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e51733f11c9c4f72aa0c160008246859e340b00807569a0da0e7a1079b27ba85"
+checksum = "68f5e5f3158ecfd4b8ff6fe086db7c8467a2dfdac97fe420f2b7c4aa97af66d6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "utf8parse"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d46f17b..a4102fe 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 crossterm = "0.27.0"
 itertools = "0.12.1"
 ratatui = "0.26.2"
+unicode-width = "0.1.12"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/src/text_prompt.rs b/src/text_prompt.rs
index 77a2ddc..09f1a58 100644
--- a/src/text_prompt.rs
+++ b/src/text_prompt.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use ratatui::{
     prelude::*,
     widgets::{Block, Paragraph, StatefulWidget, Widget},
 };
+use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr;
 
 // TODO style the widget
 // TODO style each element of the widget.
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ impl<'a> StatefulWidget for TextPrompt<'a> {
             " › ".cyan().dim(),
             Span::raw(value),
         ]);
-        let prompt_length = line.to_string().chars().count() - value_length;
+        let prompt_length = line.to_string().width() - value_length;
         let lines = wrap(line, width).take(height).collect_vec();
 
         // constrain the position to the area
@@ -247,6 +248,23 @@ mod tests {
         expected.set_style(Rect::new(2, 0, 6, 1), Style::new().bold());
         expected.set_style(Rect::new(8, 0, 3, 1), Style::new().cyan().dim());
         assert_buffer_eq!(buffer, expected);
+        assert_eq!(state.cursor(), (11, 0));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn render_emoji() {
+        let prompt = TextPrompt::from("🔍");
+        let mut state = TextState::new();
+        let mut buffer = Buffer::empty(Rect::new(0, 0, 11, 1));
+
+        prompt.render(buffer.area, &mut buffer, &mut state);
+
+        let mut expected = Buffer::with_lines(vec!["? 🔍 ›     "]);
+        expected.set_style(Rect::new(0, 0, 1, 1), PENDING_STYLE);
+        expected.set_style(Rect::new(2, 0, 1, 1), Style::new().bold());
+        expected.set_style(Rect::new(4, 0, 3, 1), Style::new().cyan().dim());
+        assert_buffer_eq!(buffer, expected);
+        assert_eq!(state.cursor(), (7, 0));
     }
 
     #[test]