diff --git a/converse.css b/converse.css
index 07e8f09db..1350f8c0c 100644
--- a/converse.css
+++ b/converse.css
@@ -66,8 +66,13 @@
 }
 
 .participants ul.participant-list li {
-    padding: 0.5em 0 0 0.5em;
+	overflow: hidden;
+	text-overflow: ellipsis;
+	white-space: nowrap;
     display: block;
+    font-size: 12px;
+    padding: 0.5em 0 0 0.5em;
+
 }
 
 .chatroom form.sendXMPPMessage {
@@ -95,7 +100,6 @@ input.new-chatroom-name {
 	color: #333333;
 	height:193px;
 	overflow-y:auto;
-	overflow-x:auto;
 	border:1px solid #999;
     border-bottom: 0;
     border-top: 0;