diff --git a/src/PreferencesDialog.cpp b/src/PreferencesDialog.cpp
index 5d2a6b87..9dbce7cd 100644
--- a/src/PreferencesDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/PreferencesDialog.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ void PreferencesDialog::loadSettings()
     loadColorSetting(ui->fr_bin_fg, "bin_fg");
     loadColorSetting(ui->fr_bin_bg, "bin_bg");
 
+    ui->spinSymbolLimit->setValue(getSettingsValue("databrowser", "symbol_limit").toInt());
     ui->txtNull->setText(getSettingsValue("databrowser", "null_text").toString());
     ui->editFilterEscape->setText(getSettingsValue("databrowser", "filter_escape").toString());
     ui->spinFilterDelay->setValue(getSettingsValue("databrowser", "filter_delay").toInt());
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ void PreferencesDialog::saveSettings()
     saveColorSetting(ui->fr_reg_bg, "reg_bg");
     saveColorSetting(ui->fr_bin_fg, "bin_fg");
     saveColorSetting(ui->fr_bin_bg, "bin_bg");
+    setSettingsValue("databrowser", "symbol_limit", ui->spinSymbolLimit->value());
     setSettingsValue("databrowser", "null_text", ui->txtNull->text());
     setSettingsValue("databrowser", "filter_escape", ui->editFilterEscape->text());
     setSettingsValue("databrowser", "filter_delay", ui->spinFilterDelay->value());
@@ -300,6 +302,8 @@ QVariant PreferencesDialog::getSettingsDefaultValue(const QString& group, const
             return QFont().defaultFamily();
         if(name == "fontsize")
             return 10;
+        if(name == "symbol_limit")
+            return 5000;
         if(name == "null_text")
             return "NULL";
         if(name == "filter_escape")
diff --git a/src/PreferencesDialog.ui b/src/PreferencesDialog.ui
index b7e01139..4a9cfff3 100644
--- a/src/PreferencesDialog.ui
+++ b/src/PreferencesDialog.ui
@@ -339,6 +339,38 @@
            </layout>
           </widget>
          </item>
+         <item>
+          <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox_5">
+           <property name="title">
+            <string>Content</string>
+           </property>
+           <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_5">
+            <item row="0" column="0">
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="label_symbol_limit">
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>Symbol limit in cell</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item row="0" column="1">
+             <widget class="QSpinBox" name="spinSymbolLimit">
+              <property name="sizePolicy">
+               <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
+                <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+               </sizepolicy>
+              </property>
+              <property name="minimum">
+               <number>1000</number>
+              </property>
+              <property name="maximum">
+               <number>20000</number>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+           </layout>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
          <item>
           <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox">
            <property name="title">
diff --git a/src/sqlitetablemodel.cpp b/src/sqlitetablemodel.cpp
index df338930..1e55f846 100644
--- a/src/sqlitetablemodel.cpp
+++ b/src/sqlitetablemodel.cpp
@@ -224,8 +224,10 @@ QVariant SqliteTableModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
             return PreferencesDialog::getSettingsValue("databrowser", "null_text").toString();
         else if(role == Qt::DisplayRole && isBinary(index))
             return "BLOB";
-        else
-            return decode(m_data.at(index.row()).at(index.column()));
+        else {
+            int limit = PreferencesDialog::getSettingsValue("databrowser", "symbol_limit").toInt();
+            return decode(m_data.at(index.row()).at(index.column()).left(limit));
+        }
     } else if(role == Qt::FontRole) {
         QFont font;
         if(m_data.at(index.row()).at(index.column()).isNull() || isBinary(index))