diff --git a/libs/draw.c b/libs/draw.c
index 6c6f5da..854e723 100644
--- a/libs/draw.c
+++ b/libs/draw.c
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ int drawitem(int x, int y, int w) {
         int itemoverride = 1;
 
         for (item = currentitem; item != nextitem; item = item->right) { // draw items
-            x = drawitemtext(item, x + (powerlineitems ? sp.plw : 0), y, MIN(pango_item ? TEXTWM(item->text) : TEXTW(item->text),
+            x = drawitemtext(item, x + (powerlineitems ? 2 * sp.plw : 0), y, MIN(pango_item ? TEXTWM(item->text) : TEXTW(item->text),
                         sp.mw - x -
                         rarroww -
                         numberw -
diff --git a/spmenu.c b/spmenu.c
index 48a74b4..7379c33 100644
--- a/spmenu.c
+++ b/spmenu.c
@@ -384,13 +384,13 @@ void calcoffsets(void) {
 
     // calculate which items will begin the next page
     for (i = 0, nextitem = currentitem; nextitem; nextitem = nextitem->right) {
-        if ((i += (lines > 0) ? sp.bh : MIN(TEXTWM(nextitem->text) + (powerlineitems ? !lines ? 2 * sp.plw : 0 : 0), offset)) > offset)
+        if ((i += (lines > 0) ? sp.bh : MIN(TEXTWM(nextitem->text) + (powerlineitems ? !lines ? 3 * sp.plw : 0 : 0), offset)) > offset)
             break;
     }
 
     // calculate which items will begin the previous page
     for (i = 0, previousitem = currentitem; previousitem && previousitem->left; previousitem = previousitem->left) {
-        if ((i += (lines > 0) ? sp.bh : MIN(TEXTWM(previousitem->left->text) + (powerlineitems ? !lines ? 2 * sp.plw : 0 : 0), offset)) > offset)
+        if ((i += (lines > 0) ? sp.bh : MIN(TEXTWM(previousitem->left->text) + (powerlineitems ? !lines ? 3 * sp.plw : 0 : 0), offset)) > offset)
             break;
     }
 }