diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index 77305e67..e6151acc 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -2091,6 +2091,11 @@ getascii() {
     ascii_strip="${ascii_strip//'\\'/ }"
     ascii_strip="${ascii_strip//'\'}"
 
+    # Workaround for calculating length of block chars
+    # when locale is set to 'C'
+    block_char="█"
+    [ "${#block_char}" == 3 ] && ascii_strip="${ascii_strip//${block_char}/ }"
+
     # Get lines/columns of the ascii file.
     ascii_length=0
     lines=1
@@ -2099,11 +2104,6 @@ getascii() {
         lines="$((lines+=1))"
     done <<< "$ascii_strip"
 
-    # Workaround for calculating length of block chars
-    # when locale is set to 'C'
-    block_char="█"
-    [ "${#block_char}" == 3 ] && ascii_length="$((ascii_length / 3 + 2))"
-
     padding="\033[$((ascii_length + gap))C"
     printf "%b%s" "$print"
     export LC_ALL=C