diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Identity/IdDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Identity/IdDialog.cpp
index 4be642b6b..c5da806b0 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Identity/IdDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Identity/IdDialog.cpp
@@ -595,14 +595,14 @@ void IdDialog::insertIdDetails(uint32_t token)
 	/* get GPG Details from rsPeers */
 	RsPgpId ownPgpId  = rsPeers->getGPGOwnId();
 
-	ui->lineEdit_Nickname->setText(QString::fromUtf8(data.mMeta.mGroupName.c_str()));
+    ui->lineEdit_Nickname->setText(QString::fromUtf8(data.mMeta.mGroupName.c_str()).left(RSID_MAXIMUM_NICKNAME_SIZE));
 	ui->lineEdit_KeyId->setText(QString::fromStdString(data.mMeta.mGroupId.toStdString()));
 	//ui->lineEdit_GpgHash->setText(QString::fromStdString(data.mPgpIdHash.toStdString()));
     ui->lineEdit_GpgId->setText(QString::fromStdString(data.mPgpId.toStdString()));
 
     time_t now = time(NULL) ;
     ui->lineEdit_LastUsed->setText(getHumanReadableDuration(now - data.mLastUsageTS)) ;
-    ui->headerTextLabel->setText(QString::fromUtf8(data.mMeta.mGroupName.c_str()));
+    ui->headerTextLabel->setText(QString::fromUtf8(data.mMeta.mGroupName.c_str()).left(RSID_MAXIMUM_NICKNAME_SIZE));
 
     QPixmap pixmap ;