diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/ui/Diff.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/ui/Diff.kt
index f4b9b65..0b0ca94 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/ui/Diff.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/ui/Diff.kt
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ fun DiffLine(highestLineNumberLength: Int, line: Line) {
         }
 
         Text(
-            text = line.text,
+            text = line.text.replace("\t", "    "), // this replace is a workaround until this issue gets fixed https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-jb/issues/615
             modifier = Modifier
                 .padding(start = 8.dp)
                 .fillMaxSize(),