diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 021b7413a..1db3588d4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## next release
 
+- Fix a bug: Long words overflow from homepage's events blocks
 - Fix a bug: ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound when running rake task fix:recursive_events_over_DST
 
 ## v2.5.11 2017 September 7
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/app.layout.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/app.layout.scss
index 3ad8383b8..0c8946e00 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/app.layout.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/app.layout.scss
@@ -619,3 +619,9 @@ body.container{
 .calendar-filter-aside {
   padding: 20px;
 }
+
+.home-events {
+  .event-description {
+    overflow: hidden;
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/home.html.erb b/app/assets/templates/home.html.erb
index d851693ab..2109fd532 100644
--- a/app/assets/templates/home.html.erb
+++ b/app/assets/templates/home.html.erb
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 
 	</div>
 
-  <section class="col-lg-12 wrapper">
+  <section class="home-events col-lg-12 wrapper">
       <h4 class="text-sm m-t-sm">{{ 'fablab_s_next_events' | translate }} <a ui-sref="app.public.events_list" class="pull-right"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i> {{ 'every_events' | translate }}</a></h4>
 
       <div class="row" ng-repeat="event in (upcomingEvents.length/3 | array)">
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
                     <span class="v-middle badge text-xs" ng-class="'bg-{{event.category.name | lowercase}}'">{{event.category.name}}</span>
                   </div>
               </div>
-              <p ng-bind-html="event.description | simpleText | humanize : 500 | breakFilter"></p>
+              <p class="event-description" ng-bind-html="event.description | simpleText | humanize : 500 | breakFilter"></p>
 
               <hr/>
               <div class="row">