diff --git a/src/module/bm/mod.rs b/src/module/bm/mod.rs
index 6f25bc8d..ffe45ee9 100644
--- a/src/module/bm/mod.rs
+++ b/src/module/bm/mod.rs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ impl<'a> BM<'a> {
             .load_for_module(self, &self.parser)
             .into_iter()
             .filter(|file| filter.filter_file(file));
-        let printer = TablePrinter::new(self.rt.is_verbose(), self.rt.is_debugging());
+        let printer = TablePrinter::new(self.rt.is_verbose(), self.rt.is_debugging(), true);
 
         printer.print_files_custom(files,
             &|file| {
diff --git a/src/module/notes/mod.rs b/src/module/notes/mod.rs
index 0b445e40..5647e85d 100644
--- a/src/module/notes/mod.rs
+++ b/src/module/notes/mod.rs
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ impl<'a> Notes<'a> {
             hash_filter.or(Box::new(head_filter)).and(Box::new(text_filter)).and(Box::new(tags_filter))
         };
 
-        let printer = TablePrinter::new(self.rt.is_verbose(), self.rt.is_debugging());
+        let printer = TablePrinter::new(self.rt.is_verbose(), self.rt.is_debugging(), true);
 
         printer.print_files_custom(
             self.rt.store()
diff --git a/src/ui/file.rs b/src/ui/file.rs
index d9151e6c..ab9e7943 100644
--- a/src/ui/file.rs
+++ b/src/ui/file.rs
@@ -130,14 +130,16 @@ impl FilePrinter for SimplePrinter {
  * Table printer to print file information in a nice ASCII-table
  */
 pub struct TablePrinter {
-    sp:         SimplePrinter,
+    sp: SimplePrinter,
+    pretty: bool,
 }
 
 impl TablePrinter {
 
-    pub fn new(verbose: bool, debug: bool) -> TablePrinter {
+    pub fn new(verbose: bool, debug: bool, pretty: bool) -> TablePrinter {
         TablePrinter {
             sp: SimplePrinter::new(verbose, debug),
+            pretty: pretty,
         }
     }
 
@@ -151,12 +153,20 @@ impl FilePrinter for TablePrinter {
 
     fn print_files<I: Iterator<Item = Rc<RefCell<File>>>>(&self, files: I) {
         use prettytable::Table;
+        use prettytable::format::TableFormat;
         use prettytable::row::Row;
         use prettytable::cell::Cell;
 
         let titles = row!["File#", "Owner", "ID"];
 
         let mut tab = Table::new();
+
+        if !self.pretty {
+            let plain_format = TableFormat::new(' ', None, None);
+            debug!("Setting plain format for table");
+            tab.set_format(plain_format);
+        }
+
         tab.set_titles(titles);
 
         let mut i = 0;
@@ -185,12 +195,20 @@ impl FilePrinter for TablePrinter {
               F: Fn(Rc<RefCell<File>>) -> Vec<String>
     {
         use prettytable::Table;
+        use prettytable::format::TableFormat;
         use prettytable::row::Row;
         use prettytable::cell::Cell;
 
         let titles = row!["#", "Module", "ID", "..."];
 
         let mut tab = Table::new();
+
+        if !self.pretty {
+            let plain_format = TableFormat::new(' ', None, None);
+            debug!("Setting plain format for table");
+            tab.set_format(plain_format);
+        }
+
         tab.set_titles(titles);
 
         let mut i = 0;