diff --git a/src/Commands/QueryCommitChildren.cs b/src/Commands/QueryCommitChildren.cs
index e6c76a99..c110ef94 100644
--- a/src/Commands/QueryCommitChildren.cs
+++ b/src/Commands/QueryCommitChildren.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace SourceGit.Commands
         protected override void OnReadline(string line)
         {
             if (line.Contains(_commit))
-                _lines.Add(line);
+                _lines.Add(line.Substring(0, 40));
         }
 
         public IEnumerable<string> Result()