1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 8bed673cd..638c60a50 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -501,6 +501,10 @@ static void warnf(struct Configurable *config, const char *fmt, ...)
         while(!ISSPACE(ptr[cut]) && cut) {
           cut--;
         }
+        if(0 == cut)
+          /* not a single cutting position was found, just cut it at the
+             max text width then! */
+          cut = WARN_TEXTWIDTH-1;
 
         fwrite(ptr, cut + 1, 1, config->errors);
         fputs("\n", config->errors);