diff --git a/CompatBot/Commands/Invites.cs b/CompatBot/Commands/Invites.cs
index 42d63229..5f55c94c 100644
--- a/CompatBot/Commands/Invites.cs
+++ b/CompatBot/Commands/Invites.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using CompatApiClient.Utils;
diff --git a/CompatBot/Utils/AsciiTable.cs b/CompatBot/Utils/AsciiTable.cs
index 0205ceed..4c2f6e6b 100644
--- a/CompatBot/Utils/AsciiTable.cs
+++ b/CompatBot/Utils/AsciiTable.cs
@@ -133,10 +133,10 @@ namespace CompatBot.Utils
                 throw new InvalidOperationException("Can't format table as every column is disabled");
 
             // header
-            result.Append(columns[firstIdx].Trim(width[firstIdx]).PadRightVisible(width[firstIdx]));
+            result.Append(columns[firstIdx].TrimVisible(maxWidth[firstIdx]).PadRightVisible(width[firstIdx]));
             for (var i = firstIdx+1; i < columns.Length; i++)
                 if (!disabled[i])
-                    result.Append(" │ ").Append(columns[i].Trim(width[i]).PadRightVisible(width[i])); // header is always aligned to the left
+                    result.Append(" │ ").Append(columns[i].TrimVisible(maxWidth[i]).PadRightVisible(width[i])); // header is always aligned to the left
             result.AppendLine();
             //header separator
             result.Append("".PadRight(width[firstIdx], '─'));
@@ -147,12 +147,12 @@ namespace CompatBot.Utils
             //rows
             foreach (var row in rows)
             {
-                var cell = row[firstIdx].Trim(width[firstIdx]);
+                var cell = row[firstIdx].TrimVisible(maxWidth[firstIdx]);
                 result.Append(alignToRight[firstIdx] ? cell.PadLeftVisible(width[firstIdx]) : cell.PadRightVisible(width[firstIdx]));
                 for (var i = firstIdx+1; i < row.Length; i++)
                     if (!disabled[i])
                     {
-                        cell = row[i].Trim(width[i]);
+                        cell = row[i].TrimVisible(maxWidth[i]);
                         result.Append(" │ ").Append(alignToRight[i] ?cell.PadLeftVisible(width[i]) : cell.PadRightVisible(width[i]));
                     }
                 result.AppendLine();
diff --git a/CompatBot/Utils/StringUtils.cs b/CompatBot/Utils/StringUtils.cs
index 8f93ddf6..59216702 100644
--- a/CompatBot/Utils/StringUtils.cs
+++ b/CompatBot/Utils/StringUtils.cs
@@ -118,6 +118,32 @@ namespace CompatBot.Utils
             return c;
         }
 
+        public static string TrimVisible(this string s, int maxLength)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(s))
+                return s;
+
+            if (maxLength < 1)
+                throw new ArgumentException("Max length can't be less than 1", nameof(maxLength));
+
+            if (s.Length <= maxLength)
+                return s;
+
+            var c = 0;
+            var e = StringInfo.GetTextElementEnumerator(s.Normalize());
+            var result = new StringBuilder();
+            while (e.MoveNext() && c < maxLength-1)
+            {
+                var strEl = e.GetTextElement();
+                result.Append(strEl);
+                if (char.IsControl(strEl[0]) || char.GetUnicodeCategory(strEl[0]) == UnicodeCategory.Format)
+                    continue;
+
+                c++;
+            }
+            return result.Append("…").ToString();
+        }
+
         public static string PadLeftVisible(this string s, int totalWidth, char padding = ' ')
         {
             s = s ?? "";
diff --git a/Tests/StringUtilTests.cs b/Tests/StringUtilTests.cs
index ab07f323..3feb7ab5 100644
--- a/Tests/StringUtilTests.cs
+++ b/Tests/StringUtilTests.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace Tests
     public class StringUtilTests
     {
         [Test]
-        public void StringLengthTest()
+        public void VisibleLengthTest()
         {
             Assert.That("🇭🇷".GetVisibleLength(), Is.EqualTo(2));
             Assert.That("\u200d".GetVisibleLength(), Is.EqualTo(0));
@@ -15,5 +15,13 @@ namespace Tests
             Assert.That("a\u0304\u0308bc\u0327".GetVisibleLength(), Is.EqualTo(3));
             Assert.That("Megamouse".GetVisibleLength(), Is.EqualTo(9));
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void VisibleTrimTest()
+        {
+            Assert.That("abc".TrimVisible(100), Is.EqualTo("abc"));
+            Assert.That("abc".TrimVisible(3), Is.EqualTo("abc"));
+            Assert.That("abc".TrimVisible(2), Is.EqualTo("a…"));
+        }
     }
 }