diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/trimmed_text.html b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/trimmed_text.html
index e1728b8f6..31c72eca3 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/trimmed_text.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/trimmed_text.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 {% with 0|uuid as uuid %}
     {% if full %}
         {% with full|to_markdown|safe as full %}
-            {% with full|to_markdown|safe|truncatewords_html:60 as trimmed %}
+            {% with full|to_markdown|safe|truncatewords_html:150 as trimmed %}
                 {% if not no_trim and trimmed != full %}
                     <div id="hide-full-{{ uuid }}">
                         <div class="content" id="trimmed-{{ uuid }}">