diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 5b8a656da74f2e6790ddb9df7c9f7a5d29c189a2..92944841ccf70b92b688e63083f468e480cbc7d2 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ li.message {
   li.message .delete:hover {
     background: #eeeeee; }
   li.message .content {
-    padding-left: 65px; }
+    padding-left: 65px;
+    width: 600px; }
     li.message .content span.from {
       color: black;
       font-weight: normal;
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index 0fcc6eab295f167e9892557f2c81703ece714e5b..b86ddc1bff9087793c1983017a1353151fb61be8 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ li.message
   .content
     :padding
       :left 65px
+    :width 600px
 
     span.from
       :color #000