diff --git a/main/src/ui/conversation_titlebar/conversation_titlebar.vala b/main/src/ui/conversation_titlebar/conversation_titlebar.vala
index 1302bdfa..60d8286b 100644
--- a/main/src/ui/conversation_titlebar/conversation_titlebar.vala
+++ b/main/src/ui/conversation_titlebar/conversation_titlebar.vala
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class ConversationTitlebarNoCsd : ConversationTitlebar, Gtk.Box {
     }
 
     private Box widgets_box = new Box(Orientation.HORIZONTAL, 0) { margin_start=15, valign=Align.END, visible=true };
-    private Label title_label = new Label("") { visible=true };
+    private Label title_label = new Label("") { ellipsize=EllipsizeMode.END, visible=true };
     private Label subtitle_label = new Label("") { use_markup=true, ellipsize=EllipsizeMode.END, visible=false };
 
     construct {