diff --git a/copyparty/web/util.js b/copyparty/web/util.js
index 2bdd3181..a0b89fe2 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/util.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/util.js
@@ -905,6 +905,9 @@ var toast = (function () {
if (sec)
te = setTimeout(r.hide, sec * 1000);
+ if (txt.indexOf('') + 1)
+ txt = txt.slice(0, txt.indexOf('<')) + ' [...]';
+
obj.innerHTML = 'x' + lf2br(txt) + '
';
obj.className = cl;
sec += obj.offsetWidth;