diff --git a/app/models/aspect.rb b/app/models/aspect.rb
index 1e3382250..eb216758c 100644
--- a/app/models/aspect.rb
+++ b/app/models/aspect.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class Aspect
   belongs_to :user, :class_name => 'User'
 
   validates_presence_of :name
+  validates_length_of :name, :maximum => 20
   validates_uniqueness_of :name, :scope => :user_id
   attr_accessible :name
   
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index b631a6eb7..0a40e4e6b 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -905,6 +905,9 @@ h1.big_text
 
         :padding 4px 10px
         :color #CCC
+        :max-width 120px
+        :overflow hidden
+        :text-overflow ellipsis
 
         :background
           :color #222
diff --git a/spec/models/aspect_spec.rb b/spec/models/aspect_spec.rb
index 7b875879a..31c6379c2 100644
--- a/spec/models/aspect_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/aspect_spec.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ describe Aspect do
       }.should_not change(Aspect, :count)
     end
 
+    it 'should have a limit of 20 characters' do
+      aspect = Aspect.new(:name => "this name is really too too too too too long")
+      aspect.valid?.should == false
+    end
+
     it 'should not be creatable with people' do
       aspect = user.aspects.create(:name => 'losers', :people => [friend, friend_2])
       aspect.people.size.should == 0