diff --git a/src/gui/gcal-event-widget.ui b/src/gui/gcal-event-widget.ui
index 7f44cc11..318c0e8c 100644
--- a/src/gui/gcal-event-widget.ui
+++ b/src/gui/gcal-event-widget.ui
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@
               <object class="GtkLabel">
                 <property name="label" bind-source="summary_label" bind-property="label" bind-flags="default" />
                 <property name="wrap">True</property>
+                <property name="wrap-mode">word-char</property>
                 <property name="hexpand">True</property>
                 <property name="xalign">0.0</property>
-                <property name="ellipsize">end</property>
               </object>
             </child>
           </object>