diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/projects.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/projects.scss
index 4e175919d..7cfdd52f0 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/projects.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/projects.scss
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ li.module-hover {
 
   .experiment-description {
     margin-top: 20px;
+    word-wrap: break-word;
   }
 
   .no-description {
diff --git a/app/models/experiment.rb b/app/models/experiment.rb
index 2717ebbf4..5723fdea1 100644
--- a/app/models/experiment.rb
+++ b/app/models/experiment.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class Experiment < ActiveRecord::Base
             presence: true,
             length: { minimum: 4, maximum: 50 },
             uniqueness: { scope: :project, case_sensitive: false }
-  validates :description, length: { maximum: 50 }
+  validates :description, length: { maximum: 255 }
   validates :project, presence: true
   validates :created_by, presence: true
   validates :last_modified_by, presence: true