diff --git a/include/aotextarea.h b/include/aotextarea.h
index d9a960d..60b4b7c 100644
--- a/include/aotextarea.h
+++ b/include/aotextarea.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 class AOTextArea : public QTextBrowser {
 public:
-  AOTextArea(QWidget *p_parent = nullptr);
+  AOTextArea(QWidget *p_parent = nullptr, int p_log_length = 5000);
 
   void append_linked(QString p_message);
   void append_chatmessage(QString p_name, QString p_message,
diff --git a/src/aotextarea.cpp b/src/aotextarea.cpp
index 3513d22..a425903 100644
--- a/src/aotextarea.cpp
+++ b/src/aotextarea.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #include "aotextarea.h"
 
-AOTextArea::AOTextArea(QWidget *p_parent) : QTextBrowser(p_parent) {}
+AOTextArea::AOTextArea(QWidget *p_parent, int p_log_length) : QTextBrowser(p_parent)
+{
+  this->document()->setMaximumBlockCount(p_log_length);
+}
 
 void AOTextArea::append_linked(QString p_message)
 {
diff --git a/src/courtroom.cpp b/src/courtroom.cpp
index 1c04378..516d3fc 100644
--- a/src/courtroom.cpp
+++ b/src/courtroom.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Courtroom::Courtroom(AOApplication *p_ao_app) : QMainWindow()
   log_timestamp = ao_app->get_log_timestamp();
   log_timestamp_format = ao_app->get_log_timestamp_format();
 
-  ui_debug_log = new AOTextArea(this);
+  ui_debug_log = new AOTextArea(this, ao_app->get_max_log_size());
   ui_debug_log->setReadOnly(true);
   ui_debug_log->setOpenExternalLinks(true);
   ui_debug_log->hide();