diff --git a/src/buffer.rs b/src/buffer.rs
index 7455214..ca86144 100644
--- a/src/buffer.rs
+++ b/src/buffer.rs
@@ -274,11 +274,12 @@ impl Buffer {
     pub fn cursor_at_first_nonwhitespace(&self, line: usize) -> Cursor {
         if let Some(line_slice) = self.text.get_line(line) {
             let mut column = 0;
-            for c in line_slice.chars().reversed() {
-                column += 1;
+            for c in line_slice.chars() {
                 if !c.is_whitespace() {
                     break;
                 }
+
+                column += 1;
             }
 
             Cursor { line, column }