diff --git a/app/views/projects/_project.rhtml b/app/views/projects/_project.rhtml
index b2f4ec8f..082ed641 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/_project.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/projects/_project.rhtml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 <div class="container">
-  <h2 id="project_name">
+  <h2 id="project_name_container">
     <% if collapsible -%>
       <a href="#" class="container_toggle" id="toggle_p<%= project.id %>"><%= image_tag("collapse.png") %></a>
     <% end -%>
-    <%= project.name -%></h2>
+    <div id="project_name" style="width: 100%;"><%= project.name -%></div>
+  </h2>
   <div id="<%= dom_id(project, "container")%>" class="list"><%-# list needs to be here for edit form to work -%>
     <%= render :partial => "projects/project_settings", :object => project, :locals => { :collapsible => collapsible } %>
   </div>
diff --git a/public/javascripts/application.js b/public/javascripts/application.js
index 1998be67..280bf6bf 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/application.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/application.js
@@ -734,8 +734,8 @@ var ProjectListPage = {
     },
     setup_behavior: function() {
         /* in-place edit of project name */
-        $('h2#project_name').editable(ProjectListPage.save_project_name, {
-            style: 'padding:0px',
+        $('div#project_name').editable(ProjectListPage.save_project_name, {
+            style: 'padding: 0px; width=100%;',
             submit: i18n['common.ok'],
             cancel: i18n['common.cancel']
         });