diff --git a/src/terminal.go b/src/terminal.go
index 9a4e8b8..e2ea49f 100644
--- a/src/terminal.go
+++ b/src/terminal.go
@@ -751,6 +751,10 @@ func NewTerminal(opts *Options, eventBox *util.EventBox, executor *util.Executor
 		hscroll:            opts.Hscroll,
 		hscrollOff:         opts.HscrollOff,
 		scrollOff:          opts.ScrollOff,
+		pointer:            *opts.Pointer,
+		pointerLen:         uniseg.StringWidth(*opts.Pointer),
+		marker:             *opts.Marker,
+		markerLen:          uniseg.StringWidth(*opts.Marker),
 		wordRubout:         wordRubout,
 		wordNext:           wordNext,
 		cx:                 len(input),
@@ -833,8 +837,6 @@ func NewTerminal(opts *Options, eventBox *util.EventBox, executor *util.Executor
 		lastAction:         actStart,
 		lastFocus:          minItem.Index()}
 	t.prompt, t.promptLen = t.parsePrompt(opts.Prompt)
-	t.pointer, t.pointerLen = t.processTabs([]rune(*opts.Pointer), 0)
-	t.marker, t.markerLen = t.processTabs([]rune(*opts.Marker), 0)
 	// Pre-calculated empty pointer and marker signs
 	t.pointerEmpty = strings.Repeat(" ", t.pointerLen)
 	t.markerEmpty = strings.Repeat(" ", t.markerLen)