diff --git a/components/publish/PublishWidget.vue b/components/publish/PublishWidget.vue
index 6be8c5b9..9a055aa8 100644
--- a/components/publish/PublishWidget.vue
+++ b/components/publish/PublishWidget.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { EditorContent } from '@tiptap/vue-3'
+import stringLength from 'string-length'
 import type { mastodon } from 'masto'
 import type { Draft } from '~/types'
 
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ const { editor } = useTiptap({
   onPaste: handlePaste,
 })
 const characterCount = $computed(() => {
-  let length = htmlToText(editor.value?.getHTML() || '').length
+  let length = stringLength(htmlToText(editor.value?.getHTML() || ''))
 
   if (draft.mentions) {
     // + 1 is needed as mentions always need a space seperator at the end
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f4f7f721..643c8436 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     "shiki": "^0.12.1",
     "shiki-es": "^0.1.2",
     "slimeform": "^0.8.0",
+    "string-length": "^5.0.1",
     "tauri-plugin-log-api": "github:tauri-apps/tauri-plugin-log",
     "tauri-plugin-store-api": "github:tauri-apps/tauri-plugin-store",
     "tiny-decode": "^0.1.3",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index a75c3bd9..4d5e9492 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ importers:
       slimeform: ^0.8.0
       stale-dep: ^0.3.1
       std-env: ^3.3.1
+      string-length: ^5.0.1
       tauri-plugin-log-api: github:tauri-apps/tauri-plugin-log
       tauri-plugin-store-api: github:tauri-apps/tauri-plugin-store
       theme-vitesse: ^0.6.0
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ importers:
       shiki: 0.12.1
       shiki-es: 0.1.2
       slimeform: 0.8.0
+      string-length: 5.0.1
       tauri-plugin-log-api: github.com/tauri-apps/tauri-plugin-log/9d2a19ad05fafeb80991006e14f0f95fe1109aba
       tauri-plugin-store-api: github.com/tauri-apps/tauri-plugin-store/c71665bf5dcf48ae70a88d622eb38b2548b60a5d
       tiny-decode: 0.1.3
@@ -4369,7 +4371,6 @@ packages:
   /ansi-regex/6.0.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-n5M855fKb2SsfMIiFFoVrABHJC8QtHwVx+mHWP3QcEqBHYienj5dHSgjbxtC0WEZXYt4wcD6zrQElDPhFuZgfA==}
     engines: {node: '>=12'}
-    dev: true
 
   /ansi-styles/3.2.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-VT0ZI6kZRdTh8YyJw3SMbYm/u+NqfsAxEpWO0Pf9sq8/e94WxxOpPKx9FR1FlyCtOVDNOQ+8ntlqFxiRc+r5qA==}
@@ -4847,6 +4848,11 @@ packages:
       snake-case: 3.0.4
       tslib: 2.4.1
 
+  /char-regex/2.0.1:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-oSvEeo6ZUD7NepqAat3RqoucZ5SeqLJgOvVIwkafu6IP3V0pO38s/ypdVUmDDK6qIIHNlYHJAKX9E7R7HoKElw==}
+    engines: {node: '>=12.20'}
+    dev: false
+
   /character-entities-html4/2.1.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-1v7fgQRj6hnSwFpq1Eu0ynr/CDEw0rXo2B61qXrLNdHZmPKgb7fqS1a2JwF0rISo9q77jDI8VMEHoApn8qDoZA==}
     dev: true
@@ -10954,6 +10960,14 @@ packages:
     engines: {node: '>=0.6.19'}
     dev: true
 
+  /string-length/5.0.1:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-9Ep08KAMUn0OadnVaBuRdE2l615CQ508kr0XMadjClfYpdCyvrbFp6Taebo8yyxokQ4viUd/xPPUA4FGgUa0ow==}
+    engines: {node: '>=12.20'}
+    dependencies:
+      char-regex: 2.0.1
+      strip-ansi: 7.0.1
+    dev: false
+
   /string-width/4.2.3:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-wKyQRQpjJ0sIp62ErSZdGsjMJWsap5oRNihHhu6G7JVO/9jIB6UyevL+tXuOqrng8j/cxKTWyWUwvSTriiZz/g==}
     engines: {node: '>=8'}
@@ -11041,7 +11055,6 @@ packages:
     engines: {node: '>=12'}
     dependencies:
       ansi-regex: 6.0.1
-    dev: true
 
   /strip-bom/3.0.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-vavAMRXOgBVNF6nyEEmL3DBK19iRpDcoIwW+swQ+CbGiu7lju6t+JklA1MHweoWtadgt4ISVUsXLyDq34ddcwA==}