diff --git a/readline/buffer.go b/readline/buffer.go
index 52e8a56c..2c3bfec9 100644
--- a/readline/buffer.go
+++ b/readline/buffer.go
@@ -5,16 +5,20 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/emirpasic/gods/lists/arraylist"
+	"github.com/mattn/go-runewidth"
 	"golang.org/x/term"
 )
 
 type Buffer struct {
-	Pos       int
-	Buf       *arraylist.List
-	Prompt    *Prompt
-	LineWidth int
-	Width     int
-	Height    int
+	DisplayPos int
+	Pos        int
+	Buf        *arraylist.List
+	//LineHasSpace is an arraylist of bools to keep track of whether a line has a space at the end
+	LineHasSpace *arraylist.List
+	Prompt       *Prompt
+	LineWidth    int
+	Width        int
+	Height       int
 }
 
 func NewBuffer(prompt *Prompt) (*Buffer, error) {
@@ -27,25 +31,57 @@ func NewBuffer(prompt *Prompt) (*Buffer, error) {
 	lwidth := width - len(prompt.prompt())
 
 	b := &Buffer{
-		Pos:       0,
-		Buf:       arraylist.New(),
-		Prompt:    prompt,
-		Width:     width,
-		Height:    height,
-		LineWidth: lwidth,
+		DisplayPos:   0,
+		Pos:          0,
+		Buf:          arraylist.New(),
+		LineHasSpace: arraylist.New(),
+		Prompt:       prompt,
+		Width:        width,
+		Height:       height,
+		LineWidth:    lwidth,
 	}
 
 	return b, nil
 }
 
+func (b *Buffer) GetLineSpacing(line int) bool {
+	hasSpace, _ := b.LineHasSpace.Get(line)
+
+	if hasSpace == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return hasSpace.(bool)
+
+}
+
 func (b *Buffer) MoveLeft() {
 	if b.Pos > 0 {
-		if b.Pos%b.LineWidth == 0 {
-			fmt.Printf(CursorUp + CursorBOL + cursorRightN(b.Width))
-		} else {
-			fmt.Print(CursorLeft)
+		//asserts that we retrieve a rune
+		if e, ok := b.Buf.Get(b.Pos - 1); ok {
+			if r, ok := e.(rune); ok {
+				rLength := runewidth.RuneWidth(r)
+
+				if b.DisplayPos%b.LineWidth == 0 {
+					fmt.Printf(CursorUp + CursorBOL + cursorRightN(b.Width))
+					if rLength == 2 {
+						fmt.Print(CursorLeft)
+					}
+
+					line := b.DisplayPos/b.LineWidth - 1
+					hasSpace := b.GetLineSpacing(line)
+					if hasSpace {
+						b.DisplayPos -= 1
+						fmt.Print(CursorLeft)
+					}
+				} else {
+					fmt.Print(cursorLeftN(rLength))
+				}
+
+				b.Pos -= 1
+				b.DisplayPos -= rLength
+			}
 		}
-		b.Pos -= 1
 	}
 }
 
@@ -71,18 +107,35 @@ func (b *Buffer) MoveLeftWord() {
 }
 
 func (b *Buffer) MoveRight() {
-	if b.Pos < b.Size() {
-		b.Pos += 1
-		if b.Pos%b.LineWidth == 0 {
-			fmt.Printf(CursorDown + CursorBOL + cursorRightN(len(b.Prompt.prompt())))
-		} else {
-			fmt.Print(CursorRight)
+	if b.Pos < b.Buf.Size() {
+		if e, ok := b.Buf.Get(b.Pos); ok {
+			if r, ok := e.(rune); ok {
+				rLength := runewidth.RuneWidth(r)
+				b.Pos += 1
+				hasSpace := b.GetLineSpacing(b.DisplayPos / b.LineWidth)
+				b.DisplayPos += rLength
+
+				if b.DisplayPos%b.LineWidth == 0 {
+					fmt.Printf(CursorDown + CursorBOL + cursorRightN(len(b.Prompt.prompt())))
+
+				} else if (b.DisplayPos-rLength)%b.LineWidth == b.LineWidth-1 && hasSpace {
+					fmt.Printf(CursorDown + CursorBOL + cursorRightN(len(b.Prompt.prompt())+rLength))
+					b.DisplayPos += 1
+
+				} else if b.LineHasSpace.Size() > 0 && b.DisplayPos%b.LineWidth == b.LineWidth-1 && hasSpace {
+					fmt.Printf(CursorDown + CursorBOL + cursorRightN(len(b.Prompt.prompt())))
+					b.DisplayPos += 1
+
+				} else {
+					fmt.Print(cursorRightN(rLength))
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 func (b *Buffer) MoveRightWord() {
-	if b.Pos < b.Size() {
+	if b.Pos < b.Buf.Size() {
 		for {
 			b.MoveRight()
 			v, _ := b.Buf.Get(b.Pos)
@@ -90,7 +143,7 @@ func (b *Buffer) MoveRightWord() {
 				break
 			}
 
-			if b.Pos == b.Size() {
+			if b.Pos == b.Buf.Size() {
 				break
 			}
 		}
@@ -99,7 +152,7 @@ func (b *Buffer) MoveRightWord() {
 
 func (b *Buffer) MoveToStart() {
 	if b.Pos > 0 {
-		currLine := b.Pos / b.LineWidth
+		currLine := b.DisplayPos / b.LineWidth
 		if currLine > 0 {
 			for cnt := 0; cnt < currLine; cnt++ {
 				fmt.Print(CursorUp)
@@ -107,81 +160,195 @@ func (b *Buffer) MoveToStart() {
 		}
 		fmt.Printf(CursorBOL + cursorRightN(len(b.Prompt.prompt())))
 		b.Pos = 0
+		b.DisplayPos = 0
 	}
 }
 
 func (b *Buffer) MoveToEnd() {
-	if b.Pos < b.Size() {
-		currLine := b.Pos / b.LineWidth
-		totalLines := b.Size() / b.LineWidth
+	if b.Pos < b.Buf.Size() {
+		currLine := b.DisplayPos / b.LineWidth
+		totalLines := b.DisplaySize() / b.LineWidth
 		if currLine < totalLines {
 			for cnt := 0; cnt < totalLines-currLine; cnt++ {
 				fmt.Print(CursorDown)
 			}
-			remainder := b.Size() % b.LineWidth
+			remainder := b.DisplaySize() % b.LineWidth
 			fmt.Printf(CursorBOL + cursorRightN(len(b.Prompt.prompt())+remainder))
 		} else {
-			fmt.Print(cursorRightN(b.Size() - b.Pos))
+			fmt.Print(cursorRightN(b.DisplaySize() - b.DisplayPos))
 		}
 
-		b.Pos = b.Size()
+		b.Pos = b.Buf.Size()
+		b.DisplayPos = b.DisplaySize()
 	}
 }
 
-func (b *Buffer) Size() int {
-	return b.Buf.Size()
+func (b *Buffer) DisplaySize() int {
+	sum := 0
+	for i := 0; i < b.Buf.Size(); i++ {
+		if e, ok := b.Buf.Get(i); ok {
+			if r, ok := e.(rune); ok {
+				sum += runewidth.RuneWidth(r)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return sum
 }
 
 func (b *Buffer) Add(r rune) {
+
 	if b.Pos == b.Buf.Size() {
-		fmt.Printf("%c", r)
-		b.Buf.Add(r)
-		b.Pos += 1
-		if b.Pos > 0 && b.Pos%b.LineWidth == 0 {
+		b.AddChar(r, false)
+	} else {
+		b.AddChar(r, true)
+	}
+}
+
+func (b *Buffer) AddChar(r rune, insert bool) {
+	rLength := runewidth.RuneWidth(r)
+	b.DisplayPos += rLength
+
+	if b.Pos > 0 {
+
+		if b.DisplayPos%b.LineWidth == 0 {
+			fmt.Printf("%c", r)
 			fmt.Printf("\n%s", b.Prompt.AltPrompt)
+
+			if insert {
+				b.LineHasSpace.Set(b.DisplayPos/b.LineWidth-1, false)
+			} else {
+				b.LineHasSpace.Add(false)
+			}
+
+			// this case occurs when a double-width rune crosses the line boundary
+		} else if b.DisplayPos%b.LineWidth < (b.DisplayPos-rLength)%b.LineWidth {
+			if insert {
+				fmt.Print(ClearToEOL)
+			}
+			fmt.Printf("\n%s", b.Prompt.AltPrompt)
+			b.DisplayPos += 1
+			fmt.Printf("%c", r)
+
+			if insert {
+				b.LineHasSpace.Set(b.DisplayPos/b.LineWidth-1, true)
+			} else {
+				b.LineHasSpace.Add(true)
+			}
+
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("%c", r)
 		}
 	} else {
 		fmt.Printf("%c", r)
+	}
+
+	if insert {
 		b.Buf.Insert(b.Pos, r)
-		b.Pos += 1
-		if b.Pos > 0 && b.Pos%b.LineWidth == 0 {
-			fmt.Printf("\n%s", b.Prompt.AltPrompt)
-		}
+	} else {
+		b.Buf.Add(r)
+	}
+
+	b.Pos += 1
+
+	if insert {
 		b.drawRemaining()
 	}
 }
 
+func (b *Buffer) countRemainingLineWidth(place int) int {
+	var sum int
+	counter := -1
+	var prevLen int
+
+	for place <= b.LineWidth {
+		counter += 1
+		sum += prevLen
+		if e, ok := b.Buf.Get(b.Pos + counter); ok {
+			if r, ok := e.(rune); ok {
+				place += runewidth.RuneWidth(r)
+				prevLen = len(string(r))
+			}
+		} else {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	return sum
+}
+
 func (b *Buffer) drawRemaining() {
 	var place int
 	remainingText := b.StringN(b.Pos)
 	if b.Pos > 0 {
-		place = b.Pos % b.LineWidth
+		place = b.DisplayPos % b.LineWidth
 	}
 	fmt.Print(CursorHide)
 
 	// render the rest of the current line
-	currLine := remainingText[:min(b.LineWidth-place, len(remainingText))]
+	currLineLength := b.countRemainingLineWidth(place)
+
+	currLine := remainingText[:min(currLineLength, len(remainingText))]
+	currLineSpace := runewidth.StringWidth(currLine)
+	remLength := runewidth.StringWidth(remainingText)
+
 	if len(currLine) > 0 {
 		fmt.Printf(ClearToEOL + currLine)
-		fmt.Print(cursorLeftN(len(currLine)))
+		fmt.Print(cursorLeftN(currLineSpace))
 	} else {
 		fmt.Print(ClearToEOL)
 	}
 
+	if currLineSpace != b.LineWidth-place && currLineSpace != remLength {
+		b.LineHasSpace.Set(b.DisplayPos/b.LineWidth, true)
+	} else if currLineSpace != b.LineWidth-place {
+		b.LineHasSpace.Remove(b.DisplayPos / b.LineWidth)
+	} else {
+		b.LineHasSpace.Set(b.DisplayPos/b.LineWidth, false)
+	}
+
+	if (b.DisplayPos+currLineSpace)%b.LineWidth == 0 && currLine == remainingText {
+		fmt.Print(cursorRightN(currLineSpace))
+		fmt.Printf("\n%s", b.Prompt.AltPrompt)
+		fmt.Printf(CursorUp + CursorBOL + cursorRightN(b.Width-currLineSpace))
+	}
+
 	// render the other lines
-	if len(remainingText) > len(currLine) {
-		remaining := []rune(remainingText[len(currLine):])
+	if remLength > currLineSpace {
+		remaining := (remainingText[len(currLine):])
 		var totalLines int
-		for i, c := range remaining {
-			if i%b.LineWidth == 0 {
+		var displayLength int
+		var lineLength int = currLineSpace
+
+		for _, c := range remaining {
+			if displayLength == 0 || (displayLength+runewidth.RuneWidth(c))%b.LineWidth < displayLength%b.LineWidth {
 				fmt.Printf("\n%s", b.Prompt.AltPrompt)
 				totalLines += 1
+
+				if displayLength != 0 {
+					if lineLength == b.LineWidth {
+						b.LineHasSpace.Set(b.DisplayPos/b.LineWidth+totalLines-1, false)
+					} else {
+						b.LineHasSpace.Set(b.DisplayPos/b.LineWidth+totalLines-1, true)
+					}
+				}
+
+				lineLength = 0
 			}
+
+			displayLength += runewidth.RuneWidth(c)
+			lineLength += runewidth.RuneWidth(c)
 			fmt.Printf("%c", c)
 		}
 		fmt.Print(ClearToEOL)
 		fmt.Print(cursorUpN(totalLines))
-		fmt.Printf(CursorBOL + cursorRightN(b.Width-len(currLine)))
+		fmt.Printf(CursorBOL + cursorRightN(b.Width-currLineSpace))
+
+		hasSpace := b.GetLineSpacing(b.DisplayPos / b.LineWidth)
+
+		if hasSpace && b.DisplayPos%b.LineWidth != b.LineWidth-1 {
+			fmt.Print(CursorLeft)
+		}
 	}
 
 	fmt.Print(CursorShow)
@@ -189,46 +356,84 @@ func (b *Buffer) drawRemaining() {
 
 func (b *Buffer) Remove() {
 	if b.Buf.Size() > 0 && b.Pos > 0 {
-		if b.Pos%b.LineWidth == 0 {
-			// if the user backspaces over the word boundary, do this magic to clear the line
-			// and move to the end of the previous line
-			fmt.Printf(CursorBOL + ClearToEOL)
-			fmt.Printf(CursorUp + CursorBOL + cursorRightN(b.Width) + " " + CursorLeft)
-		} else {
-			fmt.Printf(CursorLeft + " " + CursorLeft)
-		}
 
-		var eraseExtraLine bool
-		if (b.Size()-1)%b.LineWidth == 0 {
-			eraseExtraLine = true
-		}
+		if e, ok := b.Buf.Get(b.Pos - 1); ok {
+			if r, ok := e.(rune); ok {
+				rLength := runewidth.RuneWidth(r)
+				hasSpace := b.GetLineSpacing(b.DisplayPos/b.LineWidth - 1)
 
-		b.Pos -= 1
-		b.Buf.Remove(b.Pos)
+				if b.DisplayPos%b.LineWidth == 0 {
+					// if the user backspaces over the word boundary, do this magic to clear the line
+					// and move to the end of the previous line
+					fmt.Printf(CursorBOL + ClearToEOL)
+					fmt.Printf(CursorUp + CursorBOL + cursorRightN(b.Width))
 
-		if b.Pos < b.Size() {
-			b.drawRemaining()
-			// this erases a line which is left over when backspacing in the middle of a line and there
-			// are trailing characters which go over the line width boundary
-			if eraseExtraLine {
-				remainingLines := (b.Size() - b.Pos) / b.LineWidth
-				fmt.Printf(cursorDownN(remainingLines+1) + CursorBOL + ClearToEOL)
-				place := b.Pos % b.LineWidth
-				fmt.Printf(cursorUpN(remainingLines+1) + cursorRightN(place+len(b.Prompt.prompt())))
+					if b.DisplaySize()%b.LineWidth < (b.DisplaySize()-rLength)%b.LineWidth {
+						b.LineHasSpace.Remove(b.DisplayPos/b.LineWidth - 1)
+					}
+
+					if hasSpace {
+						b.DisplayPos -= 1
+						fmt.Print(CursorLeft)
+					}
+
+					if rLength == 2 {
+						fmt.Print(CursorLeft + "  " + cursorLeftN(2))
+					} else {
+						fmt.Print(" " + CursorLeft)
+					}
+
+				} else if (b.DisplayPos-rLength)%b.LineWidth == 0 && hasSpace {
+					fmt.Printf(CursorBOL + ClearToEOL)
+					fmt.Printf(CursorUp + CursorBOL + cursorRightN(b.Width))
+
+					if b.Pos == b.Buf.Size() {
+						b.LineHasSpace.Remove(b.DisplayPos/b.LineWidth - 1)
+					}
+					b.DisplayPos -= 1
+
+				} else {
+					fmt.Print(cursorLeftN(rLength))
+					for i := 0; i < rLength; i++ {
+						fmt.Print(" ")
+					}
+					fmt.Print(cursorLeftN(rLength))
+				}
+
+				var eraseExtraLine bool
+				if (b.DisplaySize()-1)%b.LineWidth == 0 || (rLength == 2 && ((b.DisplaySize()-2)%b.LineWidth == 0)) || b.DisplaySize()%b.LineWidth == 0 {
+					eraseExtraLine = true
+				}
+
+				b.Pos -= 1
+				b.DisplayPos -= rLength
+				b.Buf.Remove(b.Pos)
+
+				if b.Pos < b.Buf.Size() {
+					b.drawRemaining()
+					// this erases a line which is left over when backspacing in the middle of a line and there
+					// are trailing characters which go over the line width boundary
+					if eraseExtraLine {
+						remainingLines := (b.DisplaySize() - b.DisplayPos) / b.LineWidth
+						fmt.Printf(cursorDownN(remainingLines+1) + CursorBOL + ClearToEOL)
+						place := b.DisplayPos % b.LineWidth
+						fmt.Printf(cursorUpN(remainingLines+1) + cursorRightN(place+len(b.Prompt.prompt())))
+					}
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 func (b *Buffer) Delete() {
-	if b.Size() > 0 && b.Pos < b.Size() {
+	if b.Buf.Size() > 0 && b.Pos < b.Buf.Size() {
 		b.Buf.Remove(b.Pos)
 		b.drawRemaining()
-		if b.Size()%b.LineWidth == 0 {
-			if b.Pos != b.Size() {
-				remainingLines := (b.Size() - b.Pos) / b.LineWidth
+		if b.DisplaySize()%b.LineWidth == 0 {
+			if b.DisplayPos != b.DisplaySize() {
+				remainingLines := (b.DisplaySize() - b.DisplayPos) / b.LineWidth
 				fmt.Printf(cursorDownN(remainingLines) + CursorBOL + ClearToEOL)
-				place := b.Pos % b.LineWidth
+				place := b.DisplayPos % b.LineWidth
 				fmt.Printf(cursorUpN(remainingLines) + cursorRightN(place+len(b.Prompt.prompt())))
 			}
 		}
@@ -244,8 +449,8 @@ func (b *Buffer) DeleteBefore() {
 }
 
 func (b *Buffer) DeleteRemaining() {
-	if b.Size() > 0 && b.Pos < b.Size() {
-		charsToDel := b.Size() - b.Pos
+	if b.DisplaySize() > 0 && b.Pos < b.DisplaySize() {
+		charsToDel := b.Buf.Size() - b.Pos
 		for cnt := 0; cnt < charsToDel; cnt++ {
 			b.Delete()
 		}
@@ -281,8 +486,10 @@ func (b *Buffer) ClearScreen() {
 		ph := b.Prompt.placeholder()
 		fmt.Printf(ColorGrey + ph + cursorLeftN(len(ph)) + ColorDefault)
 	} else {
-		currPos := b.Pos
+		currPos := b.DisplayPos
+		currIndex := b.Pos
 		b.Pos = 0
+		b.DisplayPos = 0
 		b.drawRemaining()
 		fmt.Printf(CursorReset + cursorRightN(len(b.Prompt.prompt())))
 		if currPos > 0 {
@@ -300,7 +507,8 @@ func (b *Buffer) ClearScreen() {
 				fmt.Printf(CursorBOL + b.Prompt.AltPrompt)
 			}
 		}
-		b.Pos = currPos
+		b.Pos = currIndex
+		b.DisplayPos = currPos
 	}
 }
 
@@ -309,9 +517,20 @@ func (b *Buffer) IsEmpty() bool {
 }
 
 func (b *Buffer) Replace(r []rune) {
+	b.DisplayPos = 0
 	b.Pos = 0
+	lineNums := b.DisplaySize() / b.LineWidth
+
 	b.Buf.Clear()
-	fmt.Printf(ClearLine + CursorBOL + b.Prompt.prompt())
+
+	fmt.Printf(CursorBOL + ClearToEOL)
+
+	for i := 0; i < lineNums; i++ {
+		fmt.Print(CursorUp + CursorBOL + ClearToEOL)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf(CursorBOL + b.Prompt.prompt())
+
 	for _, c := range r {
 		b.Add(c)
 	}
@@ -328,7 +547,7 @@ func (b *Buffer) StringN(n int) string {
 func (b *Buffer) StringNM(n, m int) string {
 	var s string
 	if m == 0 {
-		m = b.Size()
+		m = b.Buf.Size()
 	}
 	for cnt := n; cnt < m; cnt++ {
 		c, _ := b.Buf.Get(cnt)
diff --git a/readline/readline.go b/readline/readline.go
index 6fa45391..ee461ae4 100644
--- a/readline/readline.go
+++ b/readline/readline.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func (i *Instance) Readline() (string, error) {
 					i.Pasting = false
 				}
 			case KeyDel:
-				if buf.Size() > 0 {
+				if buf.DisplaySize() > 0 {
 					buf.Delete()
 				}
 				metaDel = true
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func (i *Instance) Readline() (string, error) {
 				buf.Add(' ')
 			}
 		case CharDelete:
-			if buf.Size() > 0 {
+			if buf.DisplaySize() > 0 {
 				buf.Delete()
 			} else {
 				return "", io.EOF