diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/index.jsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/index.jsx
index 0c7a016644..d961a0d980 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/index.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/index.jsx
@@ -161,8 +161,9 @@ const makeMapStateToProps = () => {
 };
 
 const truncate = (str, num) => {
-  if (str.length > num) {
-    return str.slice(0, num) + '…';
+  const arr = Array.from(str);
+  if (arr.length > num) {
+    return arr.slice(0, num).join('') + '…';
   } else {
     return str;
   }