diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/util/RtlUtils.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/util/RtlUtils.java
index 329e11b73..5da51208e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/util/RtlUtils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/util/RtlUtils.java
@@ -528,7 +528,8 @@ public class RtlUtils {
 
 
             do {
-                if (line.length() + phrase.length() + word.length() < line_max_size) {
+                if ((line.length() + phrase.length() + word.length() < line_max_size) ||
+                        (phrase.length() == 0 && word.length() > line_max_size)) {
                     if (isSpaceSign(c)) {
                         word.append(c);
                         addCharToWord = true;