diff --git a/motd/index.php b/motd/index.php
index 43333e4..a05dd94 100644
--- a/motd/index.php
+++ b/motd/index.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ header("Content-Type: text/plain");
 
 $node = $_GET["node"] ?? "hub";
 
-echo shell_exec("figlet -f slant -- " . escapeshellarg($node) . ".tilde.chat");
+echo shell_exec("figlet -w120 -f slant -- " . escapeshellarg($node) . ".tilde.chat");
 
 echo "welcome to tilde.chat\n";
 echo "this is the irc network for the tildeverse (https://tildeverse.org)\n";