diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8599d40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+table_header_test.go
diff --git a/table.go b/table.go
index 899cac1..e028dd4 100644
--- a/table.go
+++ b/table.go
@@ -60,6 +60,31 @@ func (t *Table) AddRow(row ...interface{}) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (t *Table) StringNoHead() string {
+	b := new(strings.Builder)
+
+	b.WriteRune('┏')
+	for i, colwidth := range t.colwidth {
+		b.WriteString(strings.Repeat("━", colwidth))
+		if i < len(t.colwidth)-1 {
+			b.WriteRune('┯')
+		}
+	}
+	b.WriteRune('┓')
+	b.WriteRune('\n')
+
+	for i, row := range t.data {
+		t.printRow(b, row, t.rowheight[i])
+		if t.rowSep && i < len(t.data)-1 {
+			t.addNextCellLine(b)
+		}
+	}
+
+	t.addLastCellLine(b)
+
+	return b.String()
+}
+
 func (t *Table) String() string {
 	b := new(strings.Builder)
 
diff --git a/table_header.go b/table_header.go
index 6322c48..8a6bfbc 100644
--- a/table_header.go
+++ b/table_header.go
@@ -6,14 +6,21 @@ import (
 	"git.milar.in/milarin/slices"
 )
 
-// TODO FormatHeaderTable is a quick hack
+func FormatHeaderTable(header string, table *Table) string {
+	return formatHeaderTableStr(header, table.String())
+}
+
+func FormatHeaderTableNoHead(header string, table *Table) string {
+	return formatHeaderTableStr(header, table.StringNoHead())
+}
+
+// TODO formatHeaderTableStr is a quick hack
 // a better solution would be to support nested tables.
 // in that case, a header table is just a table with a singe col, single header row and single data row
 
-func FormatHeaderTable(header string, table *Table) string {
+func formatHeaderTableStr(header string, tab string) string {
 	b := new(strings.Builder)
 
-	tab := table.String()
 	splits := strings.Split(tab, "\n")
 	tabwidth := strLen(splits[0])