diff --git a/components/dashboard/src/start/StartWorkspace.tsx b/components/dashboard/src/start/StartWorkspace.tsx
index deb19ff5bf7276..7739818f192e65 100644
--- a/components/dashboard/src/start/StartWorkspace.tsx
+++ b/components/dashboard/src/start/StartWorkspace.tsx
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ export default class StartWorkspace extends React.Component<StartWorkspaceProps,
           <div className="flex space-x-3 items-center text-left rounded-xl m-auto px-4 h-16 w-72 mt-4 bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-800">
             <div className="rounded-full w-3 h-3 text-sm bg-gitpod-kumquat">&nbsp;</div>
             <div>
-              <p className="text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-200 font-semibold">{this.state.workspaceInstance.workspaceId}</p>
+              <p className="text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-200 font-semibold w-56 truncate">{this.state.workspaceInstance.workspaceId}</p>
               <a target="_parent" href={contextURL}><p className="w-56 truncate hover:text-blue-600 dark:hover:text-blue-400" >{contextURL}</p></a>
             </div>
           </div>
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ export default class StartWorkspace extends React.Component<StartWorkspaceProps,
           <div className="flex space-x-3 items-center text-left rounded-xl m-auto px-4 h-16 w-72 mt-4 mb-2 bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-800">
             <div className="rounded-full w-3 h-3 text-sm bg-gray-300">&nbsp;</div>
             <div>
-              <p className="text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-200 font-semibold">{this.state.workspaceInstance.workspaceId}</p>
+              <p className="text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-200 font-semibold w-56 truncate">{this.state.workspaceInstance.workspaceId}</p>
               <a target="_parent" href={contextURL}><p className="w-56 truncate hover:text-blue-600 dark:hover:text-blue-400" >{contextURL}</p></a>
             </div>
           </div>