diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 672abeee..c7b1500c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - introduced proper changelog
 
 ### Changed
+- show longer commit messages in log view
 - introduce propper error handling in `asyncgit` [[@MCord](https://github.com/MCord)] ([#53](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/53))
 - better error message when trying to run outside of a valid git repo ([#56](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/56))
 - improve ctrl+c handling so it is checked first and no component needs to worry of blocking it
diff --git a/asyncgit/src/sync/commits_info.rs b/asyncgit/src/sync/commits_info.rs
index be734f06..f37811b9 100644
--- a/asyncgit/src/sync/commits_info.rs
+++ b/asyncgit/src/sync/commits_info.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ pub struct CommitInfo {
 pub fn get_commits_info(
     repo_path: &str,
     ids: &[Oid],
+    message_length_limit: usize,
 ) -> Result<Vec<CommitInfo>> {
     scope_time!("get_commits_info");
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ pub fn get_commits_info(
 
     let res = commits
         .map(|c: Commit| {
-            let message = get_message(&c);
+            let message = get_message(&c, message_length_limit);
             let author = if let Some(name) = c.author().name() {
                 String::from(name)
             } else {
@@ -51,9 +52,9 @@ pub fn get_commits_info(
     Ok(res)
 }
 
-fn get_message(c: &Commit) -> String {
+fn get_message(c: &Commit, message_length_limit: usize) -> String {
     if let Some(msg) = c.message() {
-        limit_str(msg, 50)
+        limit_str(msg, message_length_limit)
     } else {
         String::from("<unknown>")
     }
@@ -91,7 +92,8 @@ mod tests {
         stage_add_file(repo_path, file_path).unwrap();
         let c2 = commit(repo_path, "commit2").unwrap();
 
-        let res = get_commits_info(repo_path, &vec![c2, c1]).unwrap();
+        let res =
+            get_commits_info(repo_path, &vec![c2, c1], 50).unwrap();
 
         assert_eq!(res.len(), 2);
         assert_eq!(res[0].message.as_str(), "commit2");
diff --git a/asyncgit/src/sync/logwalker.rs b/asyncgit/src/sync/logwalker.rs
index b364db4d..9202227e 100644
--- a/asyncgit/src/sync/logwalker.rs
+++ b/asyncgit/src/sync/logwalker.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut walk = LogWalker::new(&repo);
         walk.read(&mut items, 100).unwrap();
 
-        let info = get_commits_info(repo_path, &items).unwrap();
+        let info = get_commits_info(repo_path, &items, 50).unwrap();
         dbg!(&info);
 
         assert_eq!(items.len(), 2);
diff --git a/src/tabs/revlog/mod.rs b/src/tabs/revlog/mod.rs
index 37b78e56..7fc244ad 100644
--- a/src/tabs/revlog/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tabs/revlog/mod.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub struct Revlog {
     first_open_done: bool,
     scroll_state: (Instant, f32),
     tags: Tags,
-    current_height: u16,
+    current_size: (u16, u16),
 }
 
 impl Revlog {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ impl Revlog {
             first_open_done: false,
             scroll_state: (Instant::now(), 0_f32),
             tags: Tags::new(),
-            current_height: 0,
+            current_size: (0, 0),
         }
     }
 
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ impl Revlog {
         let commits = sync::get_commits_info(
             CWD,
             &self.git_log.get_slice(want_min, SLICE_SIZE).unwrap(),
+            self.current_size.0.into(),
         );
 
         if let Ok(commits) = commits {
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ impl Revlog {
             .max(1);
 
         let page_offset =
-            usize::from(self.current_height).saturating_sub(1);
+            usize::from(self.current_size.1).saturating_sub(1);
 
         self.selection = match scroll {
             ScrollType::Up => {
@@ -236,7 +237,10 @@ impl Revlog {
 
 impl DrawableComponent for Revlog {
     fn draw<B: Backend>(&mut self, f: &mut Frame<B>, area: Rect) {
-        self.current_height = area.height.saturating_sub(2);
+        self.current_size = (
+            area.width.saturating_sub(2),
+            area.height.saturating_sub(2),
+        );
 
         let height = area.height as usize;
         let selection =