diff --git a/apps/notifications/models.py b/apps/notifications/models.py
index bcaceeec8..4e207c36b 100644
--- a/apps/notifications/models.py
+++ b/apps/notifications/models.py
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class MUserFeedNotification(mongo.Document):
         soup = BeautifulSoup(story['story_content'].strip())
         # print story['story_content']
         body = replace_with_newlines(soup)
-        body = truncate_chars(body.strip(), 1000)
+        body = truncate_chars(body.strip(), 800)
         if not body:
             body = " "