diff --git a/frontend/src/components/VideoCard.jsx b/frontend/src/components/VideoCard.jsx
index 6117d9f..30de282 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/VideoCard.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/VideoCard.jsx
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ import { createDownload, toggleQueue, toggleLike, dismissDiscovery, getSettings
 
 function snippetText(desc) {
   if (!desc) return "";
-  return desc
-    .replace(/https?:\/\/\S+/g, "")   // strip URLs
-    .replace(/\n+/g, " ")              // flatten newlines
-    .replace(/\s{2,}/g, " ")           // collapse whitespace
+  const s = desc
+    .replace(/https?:\/\/\S+/g, "")
+    .replace(/\n+/g, " ")
+    .replace(/\s{2,}/g, " ")
     .trim();
+  return s.length > 180 ? s.slice(0, 180).trimEnd() + "…" : s;
 }
 
 function formatDuration(secs) {