diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index b28c7f3..7720b56 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Customize the status bar by adding any of these lines to your .tmux.conf as desi
 * Enable military time: `set -g @dracula-military-time true`
 * Disable timezone: `set -g @dracula-show-timezone false`
 * Switch the left smiley icon `set -g @dracula-show-left-icon session` it can accept `session`, `smiley`, `window`, or any character.
+* Add padding to the left smiley icon `set -g @dracula-left-icon-padding` default is 1, it can accept any number and 0 disables padding.
 * Enable high contrast pane border: `set -g @dracula-border-contrast true`
 * Enable cpu usage: `set -g @dracula-cpu-usage true`
 * Enable ram usage: `set -g @dracula-ram-usage true`
diff --git a/scripts/dracula.sh b/scripts/dracula.sh
index f963532..8a2f886 100755
--- a/scripts/dracula.sh
+++ b/scripts/dracula.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ main()
   show_powerline=$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-show-powerline" false)
   show_flags=$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-show-flags" false)
   show_left_icon=$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-show-left-icon" smiley)
+  show_left_icon_padding=$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-left-icon-padding" 1)
   show_military=$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-military-time" false)
   show_timezone=$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-show-timezone" true)
   show_left_sep=$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-show-left-sep" )
@@ -56,15 +57,19 @@ main()
   # Handle left icon configuration
   case $show_left_icon in
       smiley)
-          left_icon="☺ ";;
+          left_icon="☺";;
       session)
-          left_icon="#S ";;
+          left_icon="#S";;
       window)
-	  left_icon="#W ";;
+          left_icon="#W";;
       *)
-          left_icon="$show_left_icon ";;
+          left_icon=$show_left_icon;;
   esac
 
+  # Handle left icon padding
+  padding="$(seq -f " " -s '' $show_left_icon_padding)"
+  left_icon="$left_icon$padding"
+
   # Handle powerline option
   if $show_powerline; then
       right_sep="$show_right_sep"