diff --git a/src/modules/bar.tsx b/src/modules/bar.tsx
index e7d9138f..709f9487 100644
--- a/src/modules/bar.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/bar.tsx
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ const MediaPlaying = () => {
                     angle={config.vertical ? 270 : 0}
                     setup={self =>
                         players.hookLastPlayer(self, ["notify::title", "notify::artist"], () => {
-                            self.label = ellipsize(getLabel("No media")); // TODO: scroll text
+                            self.label = ellipsize(getLabel("No media"), config.vertical ? 30 : 40); // TODO: scroll text
                         })
                     }
                 />
diff --git a/src/utils/strings.ts b/src/utils/strings.ts
index e5bc43e7..df2f781c 100644
--- a/src/utils/strings.ts
+++ b/src/utils/strings.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const ellipsize = (str: string, len = 40) => (str.length > len ? `${str.slice(0, len - 1)}…` : str);
+export const ellipsize = (str: string, len: number) => (str.length > len ? `${str.slice(0, len - 1)}…` : str);