diff --git a/public/static/ui/gb_ui.css b/public/static/ui/gb_ui.css
index 0d8a424..106bac0 100644
--- a/public/static/ui/gb_ui.css
+++ b/public/static/ui/gb_ui.css
@@ -58,7 +58,14 @@
     content: 'Email is hidden';
 }
 
-
+.gb_entry_message_text {
+    margin:0;
+    padding:0;
+    font-size:10pt;
+    max-width:800px;
+    height:300px;
+    word-wrap:break-word
+}
 
 /* ui elements */
 
diff --git a/view/guestbook.pug b/view/guestbook.pug
index d1c52d8..3154751 100644
--- a/view/guestbook.pug
+++ b/view/guestbook.pug
@@ -111,5 +111,5 @@ block content
                                 a(href='/guestbook/del/' + entry.id class='gb_record_del_btn' title='you can delete your own messages') delete
                     td(width='80%' class='gb_entry_text')
                         p(class='gb_entry_text_title') Message:
-                        p(style='margin:0;padding:0;font-size:10pt').
+                        p(class='gb_entry_message_text').
                             #{entry.text}
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