diff --git a/lib/schleuder-gitlab-ticketing/list.rb b/lib/schleuder-gitlab-ticketing/list.rb
index 43be76ee9fecdea11f99146912ec91a9f7858dad..22f9d15cbfdd56fcbced8bb2770501d0437818be 100644
--- a/lib/schleuder-gitlab-ticketing/list.rb
+++ b/lib/schleuder-gitlab-ticketing/list.rb
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ module SchleuderGitlabTicketing
 
     def create_ticket(title, desc)
       opts = { description: desc }
-      gitlab.create_issue(project.id, title, opts)
+      gitlab.create_issue(project.id, title[0..250], opts)
     end
 
     def comment_ticket(ticket_id, desc)