diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/HtmlHelper.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/HtmlHelper.java
index 8cb139d9e9..2f7888f6f0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/HtmlHelper.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/HtmlHelper.java
@@ -1307,7 +1307,8 @@ public class HtmlHelper {
                             }
                         }
 
-                        if (lonely instanceof TextNode &&
+                        if (cols.size() > 1 &&
+                                lonely instanceof TextNode &&
                                 "\u00a0".equals(((TextNode) lonely).getWholeText()))
                             lonely.remove(); // -> column separator
                     }