diff --git a/app/views/blocks/featured_products.rhtml b/app/views/blocks/featured_products.rhtml
index 1b68288..1a246a2 100644
--- a/app/views/blocks/featured_products.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/blocks/featured_products.rhtml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
                 <div class="featured-product-text">
                   <h3><%= p.name %></h3>
                   <p class="featured-product-price"><%= float_to_currency(p.price) %></p>
-                  <p class="featured-product-desc"><%= p.description.chars[0...50].to_s + '...' %></p>
+                  <p class="featured-product-desc"><%= truncate(p.description, 50, '...') %></p>
                   <p><%= link_to _('See More'), product_path(p), :class => 'featured-product-link' %></p>
                 </div>
               </div>
diff --git a/features/featured_products_block.feature b/features/featured_products_block.feature
index 8b78a09..9ba47f2 100644
--- a/features/featured_products_block.feature
+++ b/features/featured_products_block.feature
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Feature: featured_products_block
       | owner      | category | name | description | highlighted |
       | redemoinho | automobile  | Car | Red Car | true |
       | redemoinho | automobile  | Truck | Blue Truck | true |
+      | redemoinho | automobile  | Moto | Very long description of and auto-mobile moto to be truncated | true |
     And I am logged in as "eddievedder"
 
   @selenium
@@ -33,3 +34,14 @@ Feature: featured_products_block
     Then I should see "Car"
     And I should not see "float_to_currency"
     And I should not see "product_path"
+
+  @selenium
+  Scenario: display block with long description
+    Given I follow "Manage my groups"
+    And I follow "Control panel of this group"
+    And I follow "Edit sideboxes"
+    And I follow "Edit" within ".featured-products-block"
+    And I select "Moto"
+    And I press "Save"
+    When I am on redemoinho's homepage
+    Then I should see "Very long description of and auto-mobile moto to b..."
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