diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7908d67e..8cf07418 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 * Fix bug when opening new tab the new pane's viewport would sometimes be calculated incorrectly (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/683)
 * Fix bug when in some cases closing a tab would not clear the previous pane's contents (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/684)
 * Fix bug where tabs would sometimes be created with the wrong index in their name (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/686)
+* Fix bug where wide chars would mess up pane titles (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/698)
 
 ## [0.16.0] - 2021-08-31
 * Plugins don't crash zellij anymore on receiving mouse events (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/620)
diff --git a/test-template.yaml b/test-template.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9c496d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-template.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+template:
+  direction: Horizontal
+  parts:
+    - direction: Vertical
+      borderless: true
+      split_size:
+        Fixed: 1
+      run:
+        plugin: tab-bar
+    - direction: Vertical
+      borderless: true
+    - direction: Vertical
+      borderless: true
+    - direction: Vertical
+      borderless: true
+      split_size:
+        Fixed: 2
+      run:
+        plugin: status-bar
diff --git a/zellij-server/src/ui/pane_boundaries_frame.rs b/zellij-server/src/ui/pane_boundaries_frame.rs
index d3cd6d5a..49344149 100644
--- a/zellij-server/src/ui/pane_boundaries_frame.rs
+++ b/zellij-server/src/ui/pane_boundaries_frame.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ use ansi_term::Style;
 use zellij_utils::pane_size::Viewport;
 use zellij_utils::zellij_tile::prelude::PaletteColor;
 
+use unicode_width::{UnicodeWidthChar, UnicodeWidthStr};
+
 fn color_string(character: &str, color: Option<PaletteColor>) -> String {
     match color {
         Some(color) => match color {
@@ -33,11 +35,11 @@ impl PaneFrame {
             let full_indication =
                 format!(" {}/{} ", self.scroll_position.0, self.scroll_position.1);
             let short_indication = format!(" {} ", self.scroll_position.0);
-            if prefix.chars().count() + full_indication.chars().count() <= max_length {
+            if prefix.width() + full_indication.width() <= max_length {
                 Some(format!("{}{}", prefix, full_indication))
-            } else if full_indication.chars().count() <= max_length {
+            } else if full_indication.width() <= max_length {
                 Some(full_indication)
-            } else if short_indication.chars().count() <= max_length {
+            } else if short_indication.width() <= max_length {
                 Some(short_indication)
             } else {
                 None
@@ -52,28 +54,41 @@ impl PaneFrame {
         let full_text = format!(" {} ", &self.title);
         if max_length <= 6 {
             None
-        } else if full_text.chars().count() <= max_length {
+        } else if full_text.width() <= max_length {
             Some(full_text)
         } else {
-            let length_of_each_half = (max_length - middle_truncated_sign.chars().count()) / 2;
-            let first_part: String = full_text.chars().take(length_of_each_half).collect();
-            let second_part: String = full_text
-                .chars()
-                .skip(full_text.chars().count() - length_of_each_half)
-                .collect();
-            let title_left_side = if first_part.chars().count()
-                + middle_truncated_sign.chars().count()
-                + second_part.chars().count()
-                < max_length
-            {
-                // this means we lost 1 character when dividing the total length into halves
-                format!(
-                    "{}{}{}",
-                    first_part, middle_truncated_sign_long, second_part
-                )
-            } else {
-                format!("{}{}{}", first_part, middle_truncated_sign, second_part)
-            };
+            let length_of_each_half = (max_length - middle_truncated_sign.width()) / 2;
+
+            let mut first_part: String = String::with_capacity(length_of_each_half);
+            for char in full_text.chars() {
+                if first_part.width() + char.width().unwrap_or(0) > length_of_each_half {
+                    break;
+                } else {
+                    first_part.push(char);
+                }
+            }
+
+            let mut second_part: String = String::with_capacity(length_of_each_half);
+            for char in full_text.chars().rev() {
+                if second_part.width() + char.width().unwrap_or(0) > length_of_each_half {
+                    break;
+                } else {
+                    second_part.insert(0, char);
+                }
+            }
+
+            let title_left_side =
+                if first_part.width() + middle_truncated_sign.width() + second_part.width()
+                    < max_length
+                {
+                    // this means we lost 1 character when dividing the total length into halves
+                    format!(
+                        "{}{}{}",
+                        first_part, middle_truncated_sign_long, second_part
+                    )
+                } else {
+                    format!("{}{}{}", first_part, middle_truncated_sign, second_part)
+                };
             Some(title_left_side)
         }
     }
@@ -83,15 +98,13 @@ impl PaneFrame {
         let right_boundary = boundary_type::TOP_RIGHT;
         let left_side = self.render_title_left_side(total_title_length);
         let right_side = left_side.as_ref().and_then(|left_side| {
-            let space_left = total_title_length.saturating_sub(left_side.chars().count() + 1); // 1 for a middle separator
+            let space_left = total_title_length.saturating_sub(left_side.width() + 1); // 1 for a middle separator
             self.render_title_right_side(space_left)
         });
         let title_text = match (left_side, right_side) {
             (Some(left_side), Some(right_side)) => {
                 let mut middle = String::new();
-                for _ in
-                    (left_side.chars().count() + right_side.chars().count())..total_title_length
-                {
+                for _ in (left_side.width() + right_side.width())..total_title_length {
                     middle.push_str(boundary_type::HORIZONTAL);
                 }
                 format!(
@@ -101,7 +114,7 @@ impl PaneFrame {
             }
             (Some(left_side), None) => {
                 let mut middle_padding = String::new();
-                for _ in left_side.chars().count()..total_title_length {
+                for _ in left_side.width()..total_title_length {
                     middle_padding.push_str(boundary_type::HORIZONTAL);
                 }
                 format!(