diff --git a/ara/ui/templates/partials/playbook_card.html b/ara/ui/templates/partials/playbook_card.html
index 1dad04bb..57a856dd 100644
--- a/ara/ui/templates/partials/playbook_card.html
+++ b/ara/ui/templates/partials/playbook_card.html
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {% load datetime_formatting %}
+{% load truncatepath %}
 {% if playbook.status == "completed" %}
 <div class="pf-c-card pf-m-hoverable pf-c-alert pf-m-success pf-m-inline">
 {% elif playbook.status == "failed" %}
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
                     <div class="pf-c-data-list__cell pf-m-flex-4">
                         <div style="padding-top:1em;" title="{{ playbook.path }}">
                             <a href="{% if page != "index" %}../{% endif %}playbook/{{ playbook.id }}.html">
-                                {% if playbook.name is not None %}{{ playbook.name }}{% else %}{{ playbook.path | truncatechars:50 }}{% endif %}
+                                {% if playbook.name is not None %}{{ playbook.name }}{% else %}{{ playbook.path | truncatepath:50 }}{% endif %}
                             </a>
                         </div>
                     </div>
diff --git a/ara/ui/templatetags/truncatepath.py b/ara/ui/templatetags/truncatepath.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d492a22d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ara/ui/templatetags/truncatepath.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#  Copyright (c) 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+#  This file is part of ARA Records Ansible.
+#
+#  ARA is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  ARA is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with ARA.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import os
+
+from django import template
+from django.template.defaultfilters import stringfilter
+
+register = template.Library()
+
+
+@register.filter(name="truncatepath")
+@stringfilter
+def truncatepath(path, count):
+    """
+    Truncates a path to less than 'count' characters.
+    Paths are truncated on path separators.
+    We prepend an ellipsis when we return a truncated path.
+    """
+    try:
+        length = int(count)
+    except ValueError:
+        return path
+
+    # Return immediately if there's nothing to truncate
+    if len(path) < length:
+        return path
+
+    dirname, basename = os.path.split(path)
+    while dirname:
+        if len(dirname) + len(basename) < length:
+            break
+        dirlist = dirname.split("/")
+        dirlist.pop(0)
+        dirname = "/".join(dirlist)
+
+    return "..." + os.path.join(dirname, basename)