diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/HtmlHelper.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/HtmlHelper.java
index aba9384fc4..0ef4d8e710 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/HtmlHelper.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/HtmlHelper.java
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ public class HtmlHelper {
     private static final float FONT_LARGE = 1.25f;
     private static final float MIN_LUMINANCE = 0.5f;
     private static final int TAB_SIZE = 2;
+    private static final int MAX_ALT = 250;
     private static final int MAX_AUTO_LINK = 250;
     private static final int MAX_FORMAT_TEXT_SIZE = 50 * 1024; // characters
     private static final int MAX_FULL_TEXT_SIZE = 1024 * 1024; // characters
@@ -820,6 +821,9 @@ public class HtmlHelper {
             String src = img.attr("src");
             String tracking = img.attr("tracking");
 
+            if (alt.length() > MAX_ALT)
+                alt = alt.substring(0, MAX_ALT) + "…";
+
             if (!show_images && !TextUtils.isEmpty(alt))
                 if (TextUtils.isEmpty(tracking))
                     img.appendText("[" + alt + "]");