diff --git a/pg.py b/pg.py
index 3db3a17..a6e1700 100644
--- a/pg.py
+++ b/pg.py
@@ -264,10 +264,10 @@ class MultilineText:
         self.max_chars = max_chars
 
         if char_width is None:
-            char_width = font.render(".", True, white).get_width()  # get the width of a character by the font
+            char_width = font.render(text, True, white).get_width() // len(text)  # get the width of a character by the font
 
         if max_chars is None and not max_width is None:
-            self.max_width = max_width // char_width
+            self.max_width = max_width // char_width - 10
 
         self.surface = self.generate_surface()
 
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ class MultilineText:
                 if char == "\n":
                     lines.append(line)
                     length = 1
+                    line = ""
 
                 else:
                     line += char
@@ -294,6 +295,8 @@ class MultilineText:
                     lines.append(line)
                     length = 1
 
+                    line = ""
+
                     if not char == "\n":
                         line = char