diff --git a/source/Ox.UI/js/List/Ox.IconItem.js b/source/Ox.UI/js/List/Ox.IconItem.js
index e7faa0bf..d2853550 100644
--- a/source/Ox.UI/js/List/Ox.IconItem.js
+++ b/source/Ox.UI/js/List/Ox.IconItem.js
@@ -159,17 +159,17 @@ Ox.IconItem = function(options, self) {
     function formatText(text, maxLines, maxLength) {
         text = Ox.isArray(text) ? text.join(', ') : text;
         var lines = Ox.wordwrap(text, maxLength, '\n', true, false).split('\n');
+        // if the text has too many lines, replace the last line with the
+        // truncated rest (including the last line) and discard all extra lines
+        if (lines.length > maxLines) {
+            lines[maxLines - 1] = Ox.truncate(
+                lines.slice(maxLines - 1).join(' '), maxLength, '...', 'center'
+            );
+            lines = lines.slice(0, maxLines);
+        }
         return Ox.highlightHTML(
-            lines.slice(0, maxLines).map(function(line, i) {
-                return i < maxLines - 1 || lines.length == maxLines
-                    ? line
-                    : Ox.truncate(
-                        lines.slice(maxLines).join(' '),
-                        maxLength, '...', 'center'
-                    );
-            }).join(' <br/>'),
-            self.options.find, 'OxHighlight', ['br']
-        ).replace(/ (<.*?>)?<br\/>/g, ' $1<br\/>');
+            lines.join(' <br/>'), self.options.find, 'OxHighlight', true
+        );
     }
 
     function load() {