diff --git a/app/models/problem.rb b/app/models/problem.rb
index 0049926..5a8ed32 100644
--- a/app/models/problem.rb
+++ b/app/models/problem.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class Problem
   validates_presence_of :environment
 
   before_create :cache_app_attributes
+  before_save :truncate_message
 
   scope :resolved, ->{ where(:resolved => true) }
   scope :unresolved, ->{ where(:resolved => false) }
@@ -140,6 +141,10 @@ class Problem
     end
   end
 
+  def truncate_message
+    self.message = self.message[0, 1000] if self.message
+  end
+
   def remove_cached_notice_attributes(notice)
     update_attributes!(
       :messages    => attribute_count_descrease(:messages, notice.message),
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