diff --git a/backend/app/store/comment.go b/backend/app/store/comment.go
index bd7c09f6..ad505163 100644
--- a/backend/app/store/comment.go
+++ b/backend/app/store/comment.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func (c *Comment) Snippet(limit int) string {
 	if size < limit {
 		return cleanText
 	}
-	snippet := []rune(cleanText)[:size]
+	snippet := []rune(cleanText)[:limit]
 	// go back in snippet and found the first space
 	for i := len(snippet) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
 		if snippet[i] == ' ' {
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ func (c *Comment) Snippet(limit int) string {
 			break
 		}
 	}
+	// Don't add a space if comment is just a one single word which has been truncated.
+	if len(snippet) == limit {
+		return string(snippet) + "..."
+	}
 	return string(snippet) + " ..."
 }
 
diff --git a/backend/app/store/comment_test.go b/backend/app/store/comment_test.go
index f0043341..2716d056 100644
--- a/backend/app/store/comment_test.go
+++ b/backend/app/store/comment_test.go
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ func TestComment_Snippet(t *testing.T) {
 		{0, "", ""},
 		{-1, "test\nblah", "test blah"},
 		{5, "test\nblah", "test ..."},
-		{5, "xyz12345 xxx", "xyz12345 ..."},
-		{10, "xyz12345 xxx\ntest 123456", "xyz12345 xxx test ..."},
+		{5, "xyz12345 xxx", "xyz12..."},
+		{10, "xyz12345 xxx\ntest 123456", "xyz12345 ..."},
 	}
 
 	for i, tt := range tbl {