diff --git a/plugins/preview-tui b/plugins/preview-tui
index f12bf1e9..4cf98ab0 100755
--- a/plugins/preview-tui
+++ b/plugins/preview-tui
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ preview_file () {
         fifo_pager man -Pcat -l "$1"
     else
         if exists bat; then
-            fifo_pager bat --paging=never --decorations=always --color=always \
+            fifo_pager bat --terminal-width="$cols" --paging=never --decorations=always --color=always \
                 "$1" 2>/dev/null
         else
             $PAGER "$1" &