diff --git a/IrcMiRCARTBot.py b/IrcMiRCARTBot.py
index 9977488..b028c43 100755
--- a/IrcMiRCARTBot.py
+++ b/IrcMiRCARTBot.py
@@ -142,6 +142,17 @@ class IrcMiRCARTBot(IrcClient.IrcClient):
                 return
 
             canvasStore = MiRCARTCanvasImportStore(inFile=asciiTmpFilePath)
+            numRowCols = 0
+            for numRow in range(len(canvasStore.outMap)):
+                numRowCols = max(numRowCols, len(canvasStore.outMap[numRow]))
+            for numRow in range(len(canvasStore.outMap)):
+                if len(canvasStore.outMap[numRow]) != numRowCols:
+                    for numColOff in range(numRowCols - len(canvasStore.outMap[numRow])):
+                        canvasStore.outMap[numRow].append([[1, 1], 0, " "])
+                canvasStore.outMap[numRow].insert(0, [[1, 1], 0, " "])
+                canvasStore.outMap[numRow].append([[1, 1], 0, " "])
+            canvasStore.outMap.insert(0, [[[1, 1], 0, " "]] * len(canvasStore.outMap[0]))
+            canvasStore.outMap.append([[[1, 1], 0, " "]] * len(canvasStore.outMap[0]))
             MiRCARTToPngFile(canvasStore.outMap, "DejaVuSansMono.ttf", 11).export(imgTmpFilePath)
             imgurResponse = self._uploadToImgur(imgTmpFilePath, "MiRCART image", "MiRCART image", "c9a6efb3d7932fd")
             if imgurResponse[0] == 200: