diff --git a/src/Language/Haskell/Brittany/Internal/Backend.hs b/src/Language/Haskell/Brittany/Internal/Backend.hs
index c121eaf..dbc611e 100644
--- a/src/Language/Haskell/Brittany/Internal/Backend.hs
+++ b/src/Language/Haskell/Brittany/Internal/Backend.hs
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ briDocLineLength briDoc = flip StateS.evalState False $ rec briDoc
  where
   rec = \case
     BDEmpty                 -> return $ 0
-    BDLit t                 -> StateS.put False $> Text.length t
+    BDLit t                 -> StateS.put False $> elasticLength t
     BDSeq bds               -> sum <$> rec `mapM` bds
     BDCols _ bds            -> sum <$> rec `mapM` bds
     BDSeparator -> StateS.get >>= \b -> StateS.put True $> if b then 0 else 1
diff --git a/src/Language/Haskell/Brittany/Internal/BackendUtils.hs b/src/Language/Haskell/Brittany/Internal/BackendUtils.hs
index d5f9d52..63e6090 100644
--- a/src/Language/Haskell/Brittany/Internal/BackendUtils.hs
+++ b/src/Language/Haskell/Brittany/Internal/BackendUtils.hs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ layoutWriteAppend t = do
   mTell $ Text.Builder.fromText $ t
   mModify $ \s -> s
     { _lstate_curYOrAddNewline = Left $ case _lstate_curYOrAddNewline s of
-        Left c -> c + Text.length t + spaces
+        Left c -> c + elasticLength t + spaces
         Right{} -> Text.length t + spaces
     , _lstate_addSepSpace = Nothing
     }
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ layoutWriteNewlineBlock = do
 --   mSet $ state
 --     { _lstate_addSepSpace = Just
 --                           $ if isJust $ _lstate_addNewline state
---         then i 
+--         then i
 --         else _lstate_indLevelLinger state + i - _lstate_curY state
 --     }
 
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ layoutIndentRestorePostComment = do
 -- layoutWritePriorCommentsRestore x = do
 --   layoutWritePriorComments x
 --   layoutIndentRestorePostComment
--- 
+--
 -- layoutWritePostCommentsRestore :: (Data.Data.Data ast,
 --                                                MonadMultiWriter Text.Builder.Builder m,
 --                                                MonadMultiState LayoutState m