diff --git a/sflphone-client-gnome/src/widget/imwidget.c b/sflphone-client-gnome/src/widget/imwidget.c
index 91855624c30169ae929cbf1da1e963ced1a095ff..ff2cac30e84d325f6daefef5f0d507a7a860345e 100644
--- a/sflphone-client-gnome/src/widget/imwidget.c
+++ b/sflphone-client-gnome/src/widget/imwidget.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ im_widget_init (IMWidget *im)
     gtk_scrolled_window_set_policy (GTK_SCROLLED_WINDOW (webscrollwin), GTK_POLICY_AUTOMATIC, GTK_POLICY_AUTOMATIC);
     gtk_widget_set_size_request (GTK_WIDGET (textscrollwin), -1, 20);
     gtk_widget_set_size_request (GTK_WIDGET (im->textarea), -1, 20);
-    gtk_text_view_set_wrap_mode (GTK_WIDGET (im->textarea), GTK_WRAP_WORD);
+    gtk_text_view_set_wrap_mode (GTK_WIDGET (im->textarea), GTK_WRAP_CHAR);
     // gtk_container_set_resize_mode(GTK_CONTAINER(im->textarea), GTK_RESIZE_PARENT);
 
     gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (textscrollwin), im->textarea);