diff --git a/src/file_previewer.sh b/src/file_previewer.sh
index c217fe9..4df1721 100755
--- a/src/file_previewer.sh
+++ b/src/file_previewer.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ case "$mimetype" in
         lynx -width="$width" -display_charset=utf-8 -dump "$file";;
 
     text/tab-separated-values)
-        column --table "$file" | bat --theme='base16' --terminal-width "$(($width-4))" --force-colorization --wrap=never;;
+        column --separator $'\t' --table "$file" | bat --theme='base16' --terminal-width "$(($width-4))" --force-colorization --wrap=never;;
 
     video/*)
         ffmpeg -ss 00:00:00 -i "$file" -frames:v 1 -q:v 2 "$preview_image"