diff --git a/src/helpers.cr b/src/helpers.cr
index 2f8b90b90..b96fd6daa 100644
--- a/src/helpers.cr
+++ b/src/helpers.cr
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ def rank_videos(db, n, pool, filter)
         else
           description = XML.parse(video.description)
           content = [video.title, description.content].join(" ")
+          content = content[0,1000]
 
           results = DetectLanguage.detect(content)
           language = results[0].language