diff --git a/podcasts-gtk/resources/gtk/show_widget.ui b/podcasts-gtk/resources/gtk/show_widget.ui
index e1102ea..e66edd4 100644
--- a/podcasts-gtk/resources/gtk/show_widget.ui
+++ b/podcasts-gtk/resources/gtk/show_widget.ui
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Sorry, we could not find a description for this Show.</property>
                     <property name="use_markup">True</property>
                     <property name="justify">center</property>
                     <property name="wrap">True</property>
-                    <property name="max_width_chars">70</property>
+                    <property name="wrap_mode">word-char</property>
                   </object>
                 </child>
               </object>
diff --git a/podcasts-gtk/src/widgets/show.rs b/podcasts-gtk/src/widgets/show.rs
index 1be20a5..e4f47be 100644
--- a/podcasts-gtk/src/widgets/show.rs
+++ b/podcasts-gtk/src/widgets/show.rs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ impl ShowWidget {
     /// Set the description text.
     fn set_description(&self, text: &str) {
         self.description
-            .set_markup(html2text::from_read(text.as_bytes(), 90).trim());
+            .set_markup(html2text::from_read(text.as_bytes(), 80).trim());
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn show_id(&self) -> Option<i32> {