diff --git a/demo/demo41.ts b/demo/demo41.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa573b674b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/demo41.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// Multiple cells merging in the same table
+// Import from 'docx' rather than '../build' if you install from npm
+import * as fs from "fs";
+import { Document, Packer, Paragraph } from "../build";
+
+const doc = new Document();
+
+const table = doc.createTable(13, 6);
+let row = 0;
+table.getCell(row, 0).addContent(new Paragraph("0,0"));
+table.getCell(row, 1).addContent(new Paragraph("0,1"));
+table.getCell(row, 3).addContent(new Paragraph("0,3"));
+table.getCell(row, 4).addContent(new Paragraph("0,4"));
+table.getRow(row).mergeCells(4, 5);
+table.getRow(row).mergeCells(1, 2);
+row = 1;
+table.getCell(row, 0).addContent(new Paragraph("1,0"));
+table.getCell(row, 2).addContent(new Paragraph("1,2"));
+table.getCell(row, 4).addContent(new Paragraph("1,4"));
+table.getRow(row).mergeCells(4, 5);
+table.getRow(row).mergeCells(2, 3);
+table.getRow(row).mergeCells(0, 1);
+
+row = 2;
+table.getCell(row, 0).addContent(new Paragraph("2,0"));
+table.getCell(row, 1).addContent(new Paragraph("2,1"));
+table.getCell(row, 2).addContent(new Paragraph("2,2"));
+table.getCell(row, 3).addContent(new Paragraph("2,3"));
+table.getCell(row, 4).addContent(new Paragraph("2,4"));
+table.getRow(row).mergeCells(4, 5);
+table.getRow(row).mergeCells(1, 2);
+row = 3;
+table.getCell(row, 0).addContent(new Paragraph("3,0"));
+table.getCell(row, 1).addContent(new Paragraph("3,1"));
+table.getCell(row, 2).addContent(new Paragraph("3,2"));
+table.getCell(row, 3).addContent(new Paragraph("3,3"));
+table.getCell(row, 4).addContent(new Paragraph("3,4"));
+table.getCell(row, 5).addContent(new Paragraph("3,5"));
+row = 4;
+table.getCell(row, 0).addContent(new Paragraph("4,0"));
+table.getCell(row, 5).addContent(new Paragraph("4,5"));
+table.getRow(row).mergeCells(0, 4);
+
+const packer = new Packer();
+
+packer.toBuffer(doc).then((buffer) => {
+    fs.writeFileSync("My Document.docx", buffer);
+});
diff --git a/src/file/table/table.ts b/src/file/table/table.ts
index 8311b5ecfd..8af223bc51 100644
--- a/src/file/table/table.ts
+++ b/src/file/table/table.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class Table extends XmlComponent {
                   table will make it look reasonable, as the layout
                   algorithm will expand columns to fit its content
                  */
-                gridCols.push(1);
+                gridCols.push(100);
             }
             this.grid = new TableGrid(gridCols);
         }