diff --git a/Assets/Fungus/Scripts/Components/NarrativeLog.cs b/Assets/Fungus/Scripts/Components/NarrativeLog.cs
index 393a55f2..54749a85 100644
--- a/Assets/Fungus/Scripts/Components/NarrativeLog.cs
+++ b/Assets/Fungus/Scripts/Components/NarrativeLog.cs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ namespace Fungus
         /// </summary>
         public static event NarrativeAddedHandler OnNarrativeAdded;
         public delegate void NarrativeAddedHandler(NarrativeLogEntry data);
+        public static int maxSize {get; set;} = 10000;
         public static void DoNarrativeAdded(NarrativeLogEntry data)
         {
             if (OnNarrativeAdded != null)
@@ -140,6 +141,12 @@ namespace Fungus
                 output += "<b>" + history.entries[i].name + "</b>\n";
                 output += history.entries[i].text + "\n\n";
             }
+
+            if (output.Length > maxSize)
+            {
+                output =  "... " + output.Substring(output.Length - maxSize, maxSize);
+            }
+
             return output;
         }
 
diff --git a/Assets/Fungus/Scripts/Components/NarrativeLogMenu.cs b/Assets/Fungus/Scripts/Components/NarrativeLogMenu.cs
index 36c42669..be872d0f 100644
--- a/Assets/Fungus/Scripts/Components/NarrativeLogMenu.cs
+++ b/Assets/Fungus/Scripts/Components/NarrativeLogMenu.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ namespace Fungus
         [Tooltip("A scrollable text field used for displaying conversation history.")]
         [SerializeField] protected ScrollRect narrativeLogView;
 
+        [Tooltip("Limit characters to be shown in Narrative Log")]
+        [SerializeField] protected int maxCharacters = 10000;
+
         protected TextAdapter narLogViewtextAdapter = new TextAdapter();
         
         [Tooltip("The CanvasGroup containing the save menu buttons")]
@@ -132,6 +135,7 @@ namespace Fungus
         {
             if (narrativeLogView.enabled)
             {
+                NarrativeLog.maxSize = maxCharacters;
                 narLogViewtextAdapter.Text = FungusManager.Instance.NarrativeLog.GetPrettyHistory();
                 
                 Canvas.ForceUpdateCanvases();