diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 87ffb93..8038e74 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ allprojects {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  compile 'com.github.ivanfrolovmd:asciitable:0.0.3'
+  compile 'com.github.ivanfrolovmd:asciitable:0.0.4'
 }
 ```
 
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ dependencies {
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.github.ivanfrolovmd</groupId>
   <artifactId>asciitable</artifactId>
-  <version>0.0.3</version>
+  <version>0.0.4</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 ### SBT
 ```
 resolvers += "jitpack" at "https://jitpack.io"
-libraryDependencies += "com.github.ivanfrolovmd" % "asciitable" % "0.0.3"
+libraryDependencies += "com.github.ivanfrolovmd" % "asciitable" % "0.0.4"
 ```
diff --git a/src/main/scala/io/github/asciitable/AsciiTable.scala b/src/main/scala/io/github/asciitable/AsciiTable.scala
index 15c9c3f..fc78ef0 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/io/github/asciitable/AsciiTable.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/io/github/asciitable/AsciiTable.scala
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import io.github.asciitable.AsciiTable._
 import scala.collection.immutable.Stream.StreamBuilder
 import Maths._
 
+import scala.language.postfixOps
+
 class AsciiTable {
   private var header: Option[Seq[String]] = None
   private val streamBuilder               = new StreamBuilder[Seq[String]]
@@ -127,16 +129,26 @@ class AsciiTable {
       val proportions    = medians.map(m => m.toDouble / mediansSum)
       val availableWidth = width - medians.length - 1
 
-      (proportions zip maximums)
-        .foldLeft((Seq.empty[Int], availableWidth, 1.0)) {
-          case ((ws, avWidth, avRatio), (colRatio, colMax)) =>
+      (proportions zip maximums zipWithIndex)
+        .sortBy(_._1._1) // sort by proportions ascending
+        .foldLeft((Seq.empty[(Int, Int)], availableWidth, 1.0)) {
+          // calculate actual apportioned widths
+          case ((ws, avWidth, avRatio), ((colRatio, colMax), ix)) =>
             val proportionalWidth = if (avRatio > 0) Math.ceil(avWidth * colRatio / avRatio).toInt else 0
             val minWidth          = columnMinWidth min colMax
             val actualWidth       = proportionalWidth max minWidth
-            if (actualWidth <= avWidth && avWidth > 0)
-              (ws :+ actualWidth, avWidth - actualWidth, avRatio - colRatio)
+            (ws :+ (actualWidth, ix), avWidth - actualWidth, avRatio - colRatio)
+        }
+        ._1
+        .sortBy(_._2) // sort by index
+        .map(_._1)
+        .foldLeft((Seq.empty[Int], availableWidth)) {
+          // cutoff at maxWidth
+          case ((ws, avWidth), colWidth) =>
+            if (colWidth <= avWidth)
+              (ws :+ colWidth, avWidth - colWidth)
             else
-              (ws :+ 0, 0, 0)
+              (ws :+ 0, 0)
         }
         ._1
     }
diff --git a/src/test/scala/io/github/asciitable/AsciiTableTest.scala b/src/test/scala/io/github/asciitable/AsciiTableTest.scala
index 7f608cc..7f1af86 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/io/github/asciitable/AsciiTableTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/io/github/asciitable/AsciiTableTest.scala
@@ -122,7 +122,35 @@ class AsciiTableTest extends FreeSpec with Matchers {
           |│12345│1234…│12345│→
           |└─────┴─────┴─────┘→
           |""".stripMargin
+    }
 
+    "should render small columns when in the right side of the table" in {
+      val str = "12345"
+      AsciiTable()
+        .width(15)
+        .columnMinWidth(5)
+        .header("h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5")
+        .row("0", str * 3, "1", "22", "3")
+        .row("0", str * 3, "1", "22", "3")
+        .row("0", str * 3, "1", "22", "3")
+        .toString shouldBe
+        """┌─┬─────┬─┬──┐→
+          |│h│h2   │h│h4│→
+          |│1│     │3│  │→
+          |├─┼─────┼─┼──┤→
+          |│0│12345│1│22│→
+          |│ │12345│ │  │→
+          |│ │12345│ │  │→
+          |├─┼─────┼─┼──┤→
+          |│0│12345│1│22│→
+          |│ │12345│ │  │→
+          |│ │12345│ │  │→
+          |├─┼─────┼─┼──┤→
+          |│0│12345│1│22│→
+          |│ │12345│ │  │→
+          |│ │12345│ │  │→
+          |└─┴─────┴─┴──┘→
+          |""".stripMargin
     }
   }
 }