diff --git a/bundle/vim-zettelkasten/lua/zettelkasten/formatter.lua b/bundle/vim-zettelkasten/lua/zettelkasten/formatter.lua
index 0485b6ca0..379293057 100644
--- a/bundle/vim-zettelkasten/lua/zettelkasten/formatter.lua
+++ b/bundle/vim-zettelkasten/lua/zettelkasten/formatter.lua
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ local s_formatters = {
   ['%h'] = function(line)
     if vim.fn.strdisplaywidth(line.title) <= 30 then
       return line.title .. string.rep(' ', 30 - vim.fn.strdisplaywidth(line.title))
+    else
+      return string.sub(line.title, 1, 27) .. '...'
     end
-    return line.title
   end,
   ['%d'] = function(line)
     return line.id