diff --git a/boards/models/source.py b/boards/models/source.py
--- a/boards/models/source.py
+++ b/boards/models/source.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class ThreadSource(models.Model):
                 feed = feedparser.parse(self.source)
                 items = sorted(feed.entries, key=lambda entry: entry.published_parsed)
                 for item in items:
-                    title = item.title[:TITLE_MAX_LENGTH]
+                    title = self.strip_title(item.title, TITLE_MAX_LENGTH)
                     timestamp = datetime.fromtimestamp(calendar.timegm(item.published_parsed), tz=utc)
                     if not timestamp:
                         logger.error('Invalid timestamp {} for {}'.format(item.published, title))
@@ -75,3 +75,10 @@ class ThreadSource(models.Model):
 
     def parse_text(self, text):
         return strip_tags(text)
+
+    def strip_title(self, title, max_length):
+        result = title
+        if len(title) > max_length:
+            result = title[:max_length - 1] + '…'
+        return result
+