diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/reports/new.js b/app/assets/javascripts/reports/new.js
index a0111bb82..9d090e868 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/reports/new.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/reports/new.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function initializeHandsonTable(el) {
     });
     el.handsontable("getInstance").loadData(data);
     el.handsontable("getInstance").sort(3, order);
-    
+
     // "Hack" to disable user sorting rows by clicking on
     // header elements
     el.handsontable("getInstance")
@@ -1185,3 +1185,17 @@ initializeAddContentsModal();
 initializeSidebarNavigation();
 initializeUnsavedWorkDialog();
 initializeTutorial();
+
+$(document).change(function(){
+  setTimeout(function(){
+    $(".report-nav-link").each( function(){
+      truncateLongString( $(this), 30);
+      console.log($(this));
+    });
+  }, 1000);
+});
+$(document).ready(function(){
+  $(".report-nav-link").each( function(){
+    truncateLongString( $(this), 30);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/sitewide/string_utils.js b/app/assets/javascripts/sitewide/string_utils.js
index f36e29311..5b63fb1fb 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/sitewide/string_utils.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/sitewide/string_utils.js
@@ -4,15 +4,20 @@
 function truncateLongString( el, chars ) {
   var input = $.trim(el.text());
 
+  var html = "";
+  if( el.children().hasClass("glyphicon") ){
+    html = el.children()[0];
+  }
+
   if( input.length  >= chars){
     var newText = el.text().slice(0, chars);
     for( var i = newText.length; i > 0; i--){
-      if(newText[i] === ' '){
+      if(newText[i] === ' ' && i > 10){
         newText = newText.slice(0, i);
         break;
       }
     }
-  el.text(newText + '...');
+  el.html(html.outerHTML + newText + '...' );
   }
 }