diff --git a/nvim/lua/user/icons.lua b/nvim/lua/user/icons.lua
index 0c8f04a..3e248bd 100644
--- a/nvim/lua/user/icons.lua
+++ b/nvim/lua/user/icons.lua
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ return {
     whitespace = {
         tab = "»",
         space = "·",
-        eol = ""
+        eol = "",
+        nbsp = "␣",
     },
     fold = {
         open = "",
diff --git a/nvim/lua/user/options.lua b/nvim/lua/user/options.lua
index 98b55c9..cc6fb0b 100644
--- a/nvim/lua/user/options.lua
+++ b/nvim/lua/user/options.lua
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ vim.o.foldcolumn = "auto"
 --  See `:help 'list'`
 --  and `:help 'listchars'`
 vim.o.list = false
-vim.o.listchars = 'tab:  »,space:·,eol:,nbsp:␣'
+vim.o.listchars = string.format([[tab:  %s,space:%s,eol:%s,nbsp:%s]],
+    icons.whitespace.tab, icons.whitespace.space, icons.whitespace.eol, icons.whitespace.nbsp)
 
 vim.o.fillchars = string.format([[eob: ,fold: ,foldopen:%s,foldsep:%s,foldclose:%s]],
     icons.fold.open, icons.fold.sep, icons.fold.close)