diff --git a/app/helpers/protocols_io_helper.rb b/app/helpers/protocols_io_helper.rb
index 45c36fe54..4040ce6fb 100644
--- a/app/helpers/protocols_io_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/protocols_io_helper.rb
@@ -52,17 +52,24 @@ module ProtocolsIoHelper
       tables[table_counter.to_s] = {}
       tr_number = table[0].scan(tr_regex).count
       diff = 5 - tr_number # always tables have atleast 5 rows
-      table_fixed_string = tr_number > 4 ? table[0] : table[0] + empty_tr_gen(diff)
+      table_fixed_string = tr_number > 4 ? table[0] : table[0] + empty_tbl_gen(diff)
       tr_strings = table_fixed_string.scan(tr_regex)
       contents = {}
       contents['data'] = []
       tr_strings.each_with_index do |tr, tr_counter|
         td_strings = tr[0].scan(td_regex)
         contents['data'][tr_counter] = []
+        td_counter = td_strings.count
+        diff = 5 - td_counter
         td_strings.each do |td|
           td_stripped = ActionController::Base.helpers.strip_tags(td[0])
           contents['data'][tr_counter].push(td_stripped)
         end
+        next if td_counter >= 5
+        while diff > 0
+          contents['data'][tr_counter].push(' ')
+          diff -= 1
+        end
       end
       tables[table_counter.to_s]['contents'] = Base64.encode64(
         contents.to_s.sub('=>', ':')
@@ -73,7 +80,7 @@ module ProtocolsIoHelper
     return tables, string_without_tables
   end
 
-  def empty_tr_gen(number)
+  def empty_tbl_gen(number)
     result = ''
     while number > 0
       result += '<tr></tr>'
@@ -409,8 +416,6 @@ module ProtocolsIoHelper
       newj[i.to_s]['tables'], table_str = protocolsio_string_to_table_element(
         newj[i.to_s]['description']
       )
-      # Base64.decode64(newj[i.to_s]['tables'][0]['contents'])
-      # byebug
       newj[i.to_s]['description'] = table_str
     end # steps
     newj