diff --git a/server/commands/documentImporter.ts b/server/commands/documentImporter.ts
index 412b0cb8c..95e547213 100644
--- a/server/commands/documentImporter.ts
+++ b/server/commands/documentImporter.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";
 import { strikethrough, tables } from "joplin-turndown-plugin-gfm";
+import { truncate } from "lodash";
 import mammoth from "mammoth";
 import quotedPrintable from "quoted-printable";
 import TurndownService from "turndown";
 import utf8 from "utf8";
+import { MAX_TITLE_LENGTH } from "@shared/constants";
 import parseTitle from "@shared/utils/parseTitle";
 import { User } from "@server/models";
 import dataURItoBuffer from "@server/utils/dataURItoBuffer";
@@ -202,6 +204,9 @@ export default async function documentImporter({
     text = text.replace(uri, attachment.redirectUrl);
   }
 
+  // It's better to truncate particularly long titles than fail the import
+  title = truncate(title, { length: MAX_TITLE_LENGTH });
+
   return {
     text,
     title,