diff --git a/content.py b/content.py
index 8d54edf38..a192efc7b 100644
--- a/content.py
+++ b/content.py
@@ -241,6 +241,16 @@ def addMention(wordStr: str,httpPrefix: str,following: str,replaceMentions: {},r
 def removeLongWords(content: str,maxWordLength: int,longWordsList: []) -> str:
     """Breaks up long words so that on mobile screens this doesn't disrupt the layout
     """
+    if ' ' not in content:
+        # handle a single very long string with no spaces
+        contentStr=content.replace('<p>','').replace('<\p>','')
+        if '://' not in contentStr:
+            if len(contentStr)>maxWordLength:
+                if '<p>' in content:
+                    content='<p>'+contentStr[:maxWordLength]+'<\p>'
+                else:
+                    content=content[:maxWordLength]
+                return content
     words=content.split(' ')
     if not longWordsList:
         longWordsList=[]
diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index 042c71fcf..73272b8ed 100644
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -1566,6 +1566,9 @@ def testWebLinks():
     exampleText='<p>1. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH</p>'
     resultText=removeLongWords(exampleText,40,[])
     assert resultText=='<p>1. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA</p>'
+    exampleText='<p>ABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABC</p>'
+    resultText=removeLongWords(exampleText,40,[])
+    assert resultText=='<p>ABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCABCA<\p>'
 
 def testAddEmoji():
     print('testAddEmoji')