diff --git a/src/status_im/ui/screens/chat/utils.cljs b/src/status_im/ui/screens/chat/utils.cljs
index ce35faf1d8..e8aa67a43b 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ui/screens/chat/utils.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ui/screens/chat/utils.cljs
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 (defn format-author [alias style name]
   (let [additional-styles (style false)]
     (if name
-      [react/text {:style (merge {:color       colors/blue
+      [react/text {:number-of-lines 1
+                   :style (merge {:color       colors/blue
                                   :font-size   13
                                   :line-height 18
                                   :font-weight "500"} additional-styles)}