diff --git a/R/magic_mirror.R b/R/magic_mirror.R
index 927aaec..5c2a942 100644
--- a/R/magic_mirror.R
+++ b/R/magic_mirror.R
@@ -90,14 +90,12 @@
   }
   kable_info$duplicated_rows <- (sum(duplicated(kable_info$contents)) != 0)
   # Column names
-  if (kable_info$booktabs) {
-    if (is.na(which(read_lines(kable_input) == "\\midrule")[1])) {
-      kable_info$colnames <- NULL
-    } else {
-      kable_info$colnames <- str_split(kable_info$contents[1], " \\& ")[[1]]
-    }
+  if (kable_info$booktabs & !grepl("\\\\midrule", kable_input)) {
+    kable_info$colnames <- NULL
+    kable_info$position_offset <- 0
   } else {
     kable_info$colnames <- str_split(kable_info$contents[1], " \\& ")[[1]]
+    kable_info$position_offset <- 1
   }
   # Row names
   kable_info$rownames <- str_extract(kable_info$contents, "^[^ &]*")