diff --git a/src/templates/index.html b/src/templates/index.html
index 626630e3..0b0be79b 100644
--- a/src/templates/index.html
+++ b/src/templates/index.html
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
                 <buttOn id="button" onclick="go2Random()" data-l10n-id="index.newPad"></button>
                 <label id="label" for="padname" data-l10n-id="index.createOpenPad"></label> 
                 <form action="#" onsubmit="go2Name();return false;"> 
-                    <input type="text" id="padname" autofocus x-webkit-speech> 
+                    <input type="text" id="padname" maxlength="50" autofocus x-webkit-speech> 
                     <button type="submit">OK</button>
                 </form>
             </div>