diff --git a/R/add_indent.R b/R/add_indent.R
index de6fc32..c0e1c1e 100644
--- a/R/add_indent.R
+++ b/R/add_indent.R
@@ -39,15 +39,23 @@
     table_info <- dup_fx_out[[2]]
   }
 
-  if (max(positions) > table_info$nrow - 1) {
+  if (table_info$booktabs & is.null(table_info$colnames)) {
+    max_position <- table_info$nrow
+    position_offset <- 0
+  } else {
+    max_position <- table_info$nrow - 1
+    position_offset <- 1
+  }
+
+  if (max(positions) > max_position) {
     stop("There aren't that many rows in the table. Check positions in ",
          "add_indent_latex.")
   }
 
-  for (i in positions) {
-    rowtext <- table_info$contents[i + 1]
+  for (i in positions + position_offset) {
+    rowtext <- table_info$contents[i]
     out <- sub(rowtext, latex_indent_unit(rowtext), out, perl = TRUE)
-    table_info$contents[i + 1] <- latex_indent_unit(rowtext)
+    table_info$contents[i] <- latex_indent_unit(rowtext)
   }
   out <- structure(out, format = "latex", class = "knitr_kable")
   attr(out, "kable_meta") <- table_info