diff --git a/src/widgets/widget_definitions.rs b/src/widgets/widget_definitions.rs
index 50867c3..cef7776 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widget_definitions.rs
+++ b/src/widgets/widget_definitions.rs
@@ -293,19 +293,18 @@ fn build_gtk_box(bargs: &mut BuilderArgs) -> Result<gtk::Box> {
 /// @widget label
 fn build_gtk_label(bargs: &mut BuilderArgs) -> Result<gtk::Label> {
     let gtk_widget = gtk::Label::new(None);
+
     resolve_block!(bargs, gtk_widget, {
         // @prop text - the text to display
-        prop(text: as_string) {
-            gtk_widget.set_text(&text);
+        // @prop limit-width - maximum count of characters to display
+        prop(text: as_string, limit_width: as_i32 = i32::MAX) {
+            gtk_widget.set_text(&text.chars().take(limit_width as usize).collect::<String>());
         },
         // @prop markup - Pango markup to display
         prop(markup: as_string) {
             gtk_widget.set_markup(&markup);
         },
-        // @prop limit-width - maximum count of characters to display
-        prop(limit_width: as_i32) {
-            gtk_widget.set_max_width_chars(limit_width);
-        },
+        // @prop wrap - Wrap the text. This mainly makes sense if you set the width of this widget.
         prop(wrap: as_bool) {
             gtk_widget.set_line_wrap(wrap)
         }