diff --git a/experimental/ecdb/trunk/data/themes/default/groups/window.edc b/experimental/ecdb/trunk/data/themes/default/groups/window.edc
index 07cde5eb..4048c619 100644
--- a/experimental/ecdb/trunk/data/themes/default/groups/window.edc
+++ b/experimental/ecdb/trunk/data/themes/default/groups/window.edc
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ group {
 				color: 255 255 255 155;
 			}
 		}
-		
+
 		part {
 			name: "filelist";
 			type: SWALLOW;
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ group {
 				state: "default" 0.0;
 				align: 0.5 0.5;
 				color: 255 255 255 0;
+				max: 245 99999;
 
 				rel1 {
 					to: "filelist_overlay";
diff --git a/experimental/ecdb/trunk/src/ecdb_gui.c b/experimental/ecdb/trunk/src/ecdb_gui.c
index e6c0abaf..7f412ead 100644
--- a/experimental/ecdb/trunk/src/ecdb_gui.c
+++ b/experimental/ecdb/trunk/src/ecdb_gui.c
@@ -134,8 +134,12 @@ _cb_filelist_key_down(void *data, Evas *e __UNUSED__,
 		char *text;
 
 		t = edje_object_part_text_get(gui, "filelist_overlay_text");
+
 		text = (t) ? (strdup(t)) : NULL;
 
+		if ((text) && (strlen(text) >= PATH_MAX))
+			return;
+
 		if ((ek->string) && (*ek->string) && (!ek->string[1]))
 			append = ek->string;
 		else if ((ek->keyname) && (*ek->keyname) && (!ek->key[1]))