diff --git a/example_config.json b/example_config.json
index 030f620..0fb8862 100644
--- a/example_config.json
+++ b/example_config.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
       "title": "Thoughts",
       "description": "Hand-picked public posts from my social feed",
       "server": "https://social.ayco.io",
-      "user_id": "0123456789"
+      "user_id": "0123456789",
+      "max_summary_length": 100
     }
   },
   "ATTRIBUTION": {
diff --git a/threads.py b/threads.py
index 6b4ac1b..a254349 100755
--- a/threads.py
+++ b/threads.py
@@ -170,10 +170,11 @@ async def tag(id):
 def thread(id):
     attribution = get_attribution()
     app = get_app_config()
+    max_length = app.get('max_summary_length', 69)  # Configure max summary length
     status = fetch_thread(id)
     status['summary'] = utils.clean_html(status['content']).strip()
-    if len(status['summary']) > 69:
-        status['summary'] = status['summary'][:69] + '...'
+    if len(status['summary']) > max_length:
+        status['summary'] = status['summary'][:max_length] + '...'
     return render_template('_home.html', threads=[status], app=app, attribution=attribution, render_date=datetime.now())
 
 @threads.route('/api')