diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index 2e29aad..6abd797 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ export enum GlyphChars {
     Pencil = '\u270E',
     Space = '\u00a0',
     SpaceThin = '\u2009',
+    SpaceThinnest = '\u200A',
     SquareWithBottomShadow = '\u274F',
     SquareWithTopShadow = '\u2750',
     ZeroWidthSpace = '\u200b'
diff --git a/src/git/formatters/statusFormatter.ts b/src/git/formatters/statusFormatter.ts
index db98bbe..33960d8 100644
--- a/src/git/formatters/statusFormatter.ts
+++ b/src/git/formatters/statusFormatter.ts
@@ -50,15 +50,16 @@ export class StatusFileFormatter extends Formatter<GitFile, IStatusFormatOptions
 
         let icon = '';
         if (statusFile.workingTreeStatus !== undefined && statusFile.indexStatus !== undefined) {
-            icon = `${GlyphChars.Pencil}${GlyphChars.Space}${GlyphChars.Check}`;
+            icon = `${GlyphChars.Pencil}${GlyphChars.Space}${GlyphChars.SpaceThinnest}${GlyphChars.Check}`;
+        }
+        else if (statusFile.workingTreeStatus !== undefined) {
+            icon = `${GlyphChars.Pencil}${GlyphChars.Space.repeat(4)}`;
+        }
+        else if (statusFile.indexStatus !== undefined) {
+            icon = `${GlyphChars.Space.repeat(5)}${GlyphChars.Check}`;
         }
         else {
-            if (statusFile.workingTreeStatus !== undefined) {
-                icon = `${GlyphChars.Pencil}${GlyphChars.Space.repeat(4)}`;
-            }
-            else if (statusFile.indexStatus !== undefined) {
-                icon = `${GlyphChars.Space.repeat(5)}${GlyphChars.Check}`;
-            }
+            icon = GlyphChars.Space.repeat(8);
         }
         return this._padOrTruncate(icon, this._options.tokenOptions!.working);
     }