diff --git a/pool/base.php b/pool/base.php
index a016fc3e..64f7ee5c 100644
--- a/pool/base.php
+++ b/pool/base.php
@@ -233,6 +233,19 @@ function difffmt($amt)
  return siprefmt($amt, 3);
 }
 #
+function dspname($name)
+{
+ if (strlen($name) < 23)
+	return array(false, htmlspecialchars($name));
+
+ if (strpbrk($name, '._') === false)
+	return array(false, htmlspecialchars(substr($name, 0, 20)).'&hellip;');
+
+ $left = htmlspecialchars(substr($name, 0, 17));
+ $right = htmlspecialchars(substr($name, -3));
+ return array(true, $left.'&hellip;'.$right);
+}
+#
 function emailStr($str)
 {
  $all = '/[^A-Za-z0-9_+\.@-]/'; // no space = trim
diff --git a/pool/page_blocks.php b/pool/page_blocks.php
index 231703ad..6a1591a9 100644
--- a/pool/page_blocks.php
+++ b/pool/page_blocks.php
@@ -330,7 +330,10 @@ function doblocks($data, $user)
 		 $pg .= "<td class=dr$ex>$seq</td>";
 		 $pg .= "<td class=dl$ex>$hifld</td>";
 		 if ($user !== null)
-			$pg .= "<td class=dl$ex>".htmlspecialchars($ans['workername:'.$i]).'</td>';
+		 {
+			list($abr, $nam) = dspname($ans['workername:'.$i]);
+			$pg .= "<td class=dl$ex>$nam</td>";
+		 }
 		 $pg .= "<td class=dr$ex>".btcfmt($ans['reward:'.$i]).'</td>';
 		 $pg .= "<td class=dl$ex>".utcd($ans['firstcreatedate:'.$i], false, false).'</td>';
 		 $pg .= "<td class=dr$ex>$tt$stat</td>";