diff --git a/pylight/src/parser/ruff.rs b/pylight/src/parser/ruff.rs
index 6d25b40..c1b7551 100644
--- a/pylight/src/parser/ruff.rs
+++ b/pylight/src/parser/ruff.rs
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ impl<'a> SymbolExtractor<'a> {
         let location = self
             .source_code
             .source_location(offset.into(), ruff_source_file::PositionEncoding::Utf8);
-        // Both line and column are 1-based in Ruff
-        (location.line.get(), location.character_offset.get())
+        // Ruff returns 1-based line and column, but we need 0-based column for compatibility
+        (location.line.get(), location.character_offset.get() - 1)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/pylight/src/parser/tests.rs b/pylight/src/parser/tests.rs
index 574c8ed..607d0de 100644
--- a/pylight/src/parser/tests.rs
+++ b/pylight/src/parser/tests.rs
@@ -125,4 +125,49 @@ class MyClass:
             .iter()
             .any(|s| s.name == "value" && s.kind == SymbolKind::Method));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_column_positions() {
+        use crate::parser::{create_parser, ParserBackend};
+
+        // Test both parser backends
+        for backend in [ParserBackend::TreeSitter, ParserBackend::Ruff] {
+            let parser = create_parser(backend).unwrap();
+
+            // Test function column position
+            let code = "def my_func():\n    pass";
+            let symbols = parser.parse_file(Path::new("test.py"), code).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(symbols.len(), 1);
+            assert_eq!(symbols[0].name, "my_func");
+            assert_eq!(symbols[0].line, 1);
+            assert_eq!(
+                symbols[0].column, 4,
+                "Function name should start at column 4 (0-based) for parser {:?}",
+                backend
+            );
+
+            // Test class column position
+            let code = "class MyClass:\n    pass";
+            let symbols = parser.parse_file(Path::new("test.py"), code).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(symbols.len(), 1);
+            assert_eq!(symbols[0].name, "MyClass");
+            assert_eq!(symbols[0].line, 1);
+            assert_eq!(
+                symbols[0].column, 6,
+                "Class name should start at column 6 (0-based) for parser {:?}",
+                backend
+            );
+
+            // Test indented method column position
+            let code = "class MyClass:\n    def my_method(self):\n        pass";
+            let symbols = parser.parse_file(Path::new("test.py"), code).unwrap();
+            let method = symbols.iter().find(|s| s.name == "my_method").unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(method.line, 2);
+            assert_eq!(
+                method.column, 8,
+                "Method name should start at column 8 (0-based) for parser {:?}",
+                backend
+            );
+        }
+    }
 }