diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index efbfde9..38cbae5 100755
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
                 </h2>
             </a>
             {% if article.summary %}
-                    {{ article.summary }}
+                {{ article.summary|truncate(25) }}
             {% endif %}
             <p class="post-meta">Posted by
                 {% for author in article.authors %}