diff --git a/pkg/printer/sonarqube.go b/pkg/printer/sonarqube.go
index 82da7477..e761ee9b 100644
--- a/pkg/printer/sonarqube.go
+++ b/pkg/printer/sonarqube.go
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ func (p *SonarQube) Print(fs *result.FileResults) error {
 					StartColumn: res.GetStartPosition().Column,
 					EndColumn:   res.GetEndPosition().Column}}}
 
+		// start column and end column are both 1 for file results, all other findings
+		// should be at least 1 character long
+		if res.GetStartPosition().Column == 1 && res.GetEndPosition().Column == 1 {
+			// File / path results should be 0 based for sonarqube, but are 1 based instead
+			issue.PrimaryLocation.TextRange.StartColumn = 0
+		}
+
 		var buf bytes.Buffer
 		err := json.NewEncoder(&buf).Encode(issue)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/printer/sonarqube_test.go b/pkg/printer/sonarqube_test.go
index bdaaa5e5..060c227b 100644
--- a/pkg/printer/sonarqube_test.go
+++ b/pkg/printer/sonarqube_test.go
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ func TestSonarQube_Print(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, got)
 }
 
+func TestSonarQube_PrintPath(t *testing.T) {
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	p := NewSonarQube(buf)
+	res := generateFilePathResult()
+	assert.NoError(t, p.Print(res))
+	got := buf.String()
+
+	expected := `{"engineId":"woke","ruleId":"whitelist","primaryLocation":{"message":"` + "`" + `whitelist` + "`" + ` may be insensitive, use ` + "`" + `allowlist` + "`" + ` instead","filePath":"whitelist.txt","textRange":{"startLine":1,"startColumn":0,"endColumn":1}},"type":"CODE_SMELL","severity":"MINOR"}` + "\n"
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, got)
+}
+
 func TestSonarQube_PrintSuccessExitMessage(t *testing.T) {
 	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	p := NewSonarQube(buf)
diff --git a/pkg/printer/util_test.go b/pkg/printer/util_test.go
index 9edbde4b..402a968b 100644
--- a/pkg/printer/util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/printer/util_test.go
@@ -91,6 +91,34 @@ func generateThirdResults(filename string) []result.Result {
 	}
 }
 
+func generateFilePathResult() *result.FileResults {
+	r := result.FileResults{Filename: "whitelist.txt"}
+	r.Results = generatePathResults(r.Filename)
+	return &r
+}
+
+func generatePathResults(filename string) []result.Result {
+	return []result.Result{
+		result.LineResult{
+			Rule:    &rule.TestRule,
+			Finding: "whitelist",
+			Line:    "this whitelist must change",
+			StartPosition: &token.Position{
+				Filename: filename,
+				Offset:   0,
+				Line:     1,
+				Column:   1,
+			},
+			EndPosition: &token.Position{
+				Filename: filename,
+				Offset:   0,
+				Line:     1,
+				Column:   1,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 func newPosition(f string, l, c int) *token.Position {
 	return &token.Position{
 		Filename: f,