diff --git a/app/helpers/protocols_io_helper.rb b/app/helpers/protocols_io_helper.rb
index 769d09210..e1b161ba4 100644
--- a/app/helpers/protocols_io_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/protocols_io_helper.rb
@@ -57,12 +57,8 @@ module ProtocolsIoHelper
       tables[table_counter.to_s] = {}
       tr_number = table[0].scan(tr_regex).count
       diff = PIO_TABLE_MIN_HEIGHT - tr_number # always tables have atleast 5 row
-      table_fix_str =
-        if tr_number >= PIO_TABLE_MIN_HEIGHT
-          table[0]
-        else
-          table[0] + '<tr></tr>' * diff
-        end
+      table_fix_str = table[0]
+      table_fix_str += '<tr></tr>' * diff if tr_number < PIO_TABLE_MIN_HEIGHT
       tr_strings = table_fix_str.scan(tr_regex)
       contents = {}
       contents['data'] = []
@@ -75,7 +71,7 @@ module ProtocolsIoHelper
           td_stripped = ActionController::Base.helpers.strip_tags(td[0])
           contents['data'][tr_counter].push(td_stripped)
         end
-        next if td_counter >= 5
+        next if td_counter >= PIO_TABLE_MIN_WIDTH
         diff.times { contents['data'][tr_counter].push(' ') }
       end
       tables[table_counter.to_s]['contents'] = Base64.encode64(