diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/task_service.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/task_service.py
index 27d56d35..00994496 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/task_service.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/task_service.py
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ class TaskService:
                 isinstance(exception, ApiError) and exception.error_code == "task_error"
             ):
                 task_line_number = exception.line_number
-                task_line_contents = exception.error_line
+                task_line_contents = exception.error_line[0:255]
                 task_trace = exception.task_trace
                 task_offset = exception.offset