diff --git a/fromtext.sh b/fromtext.sh
index 82367e7..b4cb953 100755
--- a/fromtext.sh
+++ b/fromtext.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ main() {
             f="$(echo "$line" | awk -F$SEP "{print \$$c}")"
             [ -z "$f" ] && continue
             if [ "$filename" = '' ]; then
-                filename="$(echo "$f" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | sed -e 's/ /-/g' -e 's/[^a-z0-9-]//g')"
+                filename="$(echo "$f" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | sed -E -e 's/ /-/g' -e 's/[^a-z0-9-]//g' -n -e 's/^(.{0,128}).*$/\1/p')"
             fi
             echo "$f" > "$filename.$i.md"
             i=$((i+1))