diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ee9dc11..3d5e7ed 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -653,6 +653,11 @@ name = "ucd-trie"
 version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-segmentation"
+version = "1.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -782,6 +787,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "shlex 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "smithay-client-toolkit 0.6.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "timerfd 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "unicode-segmentation 1.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "wayland-client 0.23.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "wayland-protocols 0.23.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
@@ -896,6 +902,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum ttf-parser 0.6.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "52fbe7769f5af5d7d25aea74b9443b64e544a5ffb4d2b2968295ddea934f1a06"
 "checksum typenum 1.11.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6d2783fe2d6b8c1101136184eb41be8b1ad379e4657050b8aaff0c79ee7575f9"
 "checksum ucd-trie 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8f00ed7be0c1ff1e24f46c3d2af4859f7e863672ba3a6e92e7cff702bf9f06c2"
+"checksum unicode-segmentation 1.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e83e153d1053cbb5a118eeff7fd5be06ed99153f00dbcd8ae310c5fb2b22edc0"
 "checksum unicode-xid 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "fc72304796d0818e357ead4e000d19c9c174ab23dc11093ac919054d20a6a7fc"
 "checksum unicode-xid 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "826e7639553986605ec5979c7dd957c7895e93eabed50ab2ffa7f6128a75097c"
 "checksum void 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6a02e4885ed3bc0f2de90ea6dd45ebcbb66dacffe03547fadbb0eeae2770887d"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 253aa86..79ecb21 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ serde_yaml = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
 libpulse-binding = { version = "2.15", optional = true }
 alsa = { version = "0.4.0", optional = true }
 fontconfig = "0.2.0"
+unicode-segmentation = "1.6.0"
diff --git a/src/widgets/launcher.rs b/src/widgets/launcher.rs
index fc904d0..6f6883c 100644
--- a/src/widgets/launcher.rs
+++ b/src/widgets/launcher.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use std::sync::mpsc::Sender;
 
 use fuzzy_matcher::skim::{fuzzy_indices, fuzzy_match};
 use smithay_client_toolkit::keyboard::keysyms;
+use unicode_segmentation::UnicodeSegmentation;
 
 pub struct Launcher<'a> {
     cursor: usize,
@@ -349,17 +350,21 @@ impl<'a> Widget for Launcher<'a> {
         match key {
             keysyms::XKB_KEY_u if modifiers.ctrl => self.leave(),
             keysyms::XKB_KEY_BackSpace => {
-                if !self.input.is_empty() && self.cursor > 0 {
+                let mut indices: Vec<(usize, &str)> = self.input.grapheme_indices(true).collect();
+                if !indices.is_empty() && self.cursor > 0 {
                     self.cursor -= 1;
-                    self.input.remove(self.cursor);
+                    indices.remove(self.cursor);
+                    self.input = indices.iter().fold("".into(), |acc, el| acc + el.1);
                     self.offset = 0;
                     self.result = None;
                     self.dirty = true
                 }
             }
             keysyms::XKB_KEY_Delete => {
-                if !self.input.is_empty() && self.cursor < self.input.len() {
-                    self.input.remove(self.cursor);
+                let mut indices: Vec<(usize, &str)> = self.input.grapheme_indices(true).collect();
+                if !indices.is_empty() && self.cursor < indices.len() {
+                    indices.remove(self.cursor);
+                    self.input = indices.iter().fold("".into(), |acc, el| acc + el.1);
                     self.dirty = true;
                 }
             }
@@ -450,7 +455,13 @@ impl<'a> Widget for Launcher<'a> {
             _ => {
                 println!("{}", key);
                 if let Some(v) = interpreted {
-                    self.input.insert_str(self.cursor, &v);
+                    let indices: Vec<(usize, &str)> = self.input.grapheme_indices(true).collect();
+                    if self.cursor == indices.len() {
+                        self.input += &v;
+                    } else {
+                        let index_at = indices[self.cursor].0;
+                        self.input.insert_str(index_at, &v);
+                    }
                     self.cursor += 1;
                     self.offset = 0;
                     self.result = None;