diff --git a/lib/widgets/highlighted_text.dart b/lib/widgets/highlighted_text.dart
index 938224e3..7ba8abda 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/highlighted_text.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/highlighted_text.dart
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class HighlightedText extends StatelessWidget {
     var after = text.substring(i + highlightText.length);
 
     return RichText(
+      maxLines: maxLines,
       text: TextSpan(
         children: [
           TextSpan(text: before, style: style),