diff --git a/include/utils.hpp b/include/utils.hpp
index a743659..a25d759 100644
--- a/include/utils.hpp
+++ b/include/utils.hpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 std::string pNum(double num, uint8_t decs = 0);
 std::string pNum(float num, uint8_t decs = 0);
 std::string pad(std::string s, uint8_t len, bool ljust = false);
+std::string center(std::string str, uint8_t len);
 std::string pBytes(double bytes, bool isKbytes = false);
 std::string readFile(std::string path, size_t trim = 4096);
 ssize_t readFile2(std::string path, char *buffer, size_t maxlen);
diff --git a/src/utils.cpp b/src/utils.cpp
index c901c21..4787885 100644
--- a/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ std::string pad(std::string s, uint8_t len, bool ljust) {
     return s;
 }
 
+// returns the string centered within given length
+std::string center(std::string str, uint8_t len) {
+    uint8_t padding = len - str.size();
+    str.insert(str.begin(), padding / 2, FILL_CHAR);
+    str.insert(str.end(), padding / 2, FILL_CHAR);
+    return str;
+}
 
 // converts large number in (k)bytes to human readable numer with suffix and sane decimal
 std::string pBytes(double bytes, bool isKbytes) {
@@ -77,4 +84,3 @@ std::string getFirstDir(std::string path) {
         return entry.path();
     return "";
 }
-