diff --git a/core/styles/tiddlywiki.css b/core/styles/tiddlywiki.css
index a1dd69d21..cf32d2a89 100644
--- a/core/styles/tiddlywiki.css
+++ b/core/styles/tiddlywiki.css
@@ -6058,6 +6058,11 @@ a.tw-tiddlylink-missing {
           box-shadow: 1px 1px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
 }
 
+.tw-menu-list-item {
+  padding-bottom: 0.5em;
+  word-wrap: break-word;
+}
+
 /*
 Dropdown menus
 */
diff --git a/core/templates/PageTemplate.tid b/core/templates/PageTemplate.tid
index e89514eec..ef300595a 100644
--- a/core/templates/PageTemplate.tid
+++ b/core/templates/PageTemplate.tid
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ title: $:/templates/PageTemplate
 <div class="span2">
 <div style="position:fixed;">
 <<scrollable width:"104px"><
-<<list filter:"[list[$:/StoryList]]" history:"$:/HistoryList" listview:classic >>
+<<list filter:"[list[$:/StoryList]]" history:"$:/HistoryList" listview:classic itemClass:"tw-menu-list-item">>
 >>
 </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/cssbuild/tiddlywiki.less b/cssbuild/tiddlywiki.less
index f004f30af..f9eb7e62c 100644
--- a/cssbuild/tiddlywiki.less
+++ b/cssbuild/tiddlywiki.less
@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ a.tw-tiddlylink-missing {
 	width: 400px;
 }
 
+.tw-menu-list-item {
+	word-wrap: break-word;
+	padding-bottom: 0.5em;
+}
+
 /*
 Dropdown menus
 */