diff --git a/gists/controller.go b/gists/controller.go
index 5017f0b..5873ecb 100644
--- a/gists/controller.go
+++ b/gists/controller.go
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ func (g *GistControllerImpl) FindAll() fiber.Handler {
 		owner_id := c.Locals("pub").(string)
 		limit_param := c.Query("limit")
 		offset_param := c.Query("offset")
+		short_param := c.Query("short")
 
 		if limit_param == "" {
 			limit_param = "50"
@@ -119,6 +120,8 @@ func (g *GistControllerImpl) FindAll() fiber.Handler {
 			offset_param = "0"
 		}
 
+		short := short_param == "true"
+
 		limit, err := strconv.Atoi(limit_param)
 		if err != nil {
 			return c.Status(400).SendString("limit must be a number")
@@ -128,7 +131,7 @@ func (g *GistControllerImpl) FindAll() fiber.Handler {
 			return c.Status(400).SendString("offset must be a number")
 		}
 
-		gists, err := GistService.FindAll(owner_id, limit, offset)
+		gists, err := GistService.FindAll(owner_id, limit, offset, short)
 		if err != nil {
 			return c.Status(500).SendString(err.Error())
 		}
diff --git a/gists/service.go b/gists/service.go
index e852b5c..9ea1d1a 100644
--- a/gists/service.go
+++ b/gists/service.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package gists
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"errors"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gistapp/api/utils"
 	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2/log"
@@ -110,12 +111,20 @@ func (g *GistServiceImpl) Delete(id string, owner_id string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (g *GistServiceImpl) FindAll(owner_id string, limit int, offset int) ([]Gist, error) {
+func (g *GistServiceImpl) FindAll(owner_id string, limit int, offset int, short bool) ([]Gist, error) {
 	m := NewGistSQL("", "", "", owner_id, sql.NullString{}, "", "", "")
 	gists, err := m.FindAll(limit, offset)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("couldn't get gists")
 	}
+	THRESHOLD := 700
+	if short {
+		for gist := range gists {
+			if len(gists[gist].Content) > THRESHOLD {
+				gists[gist].Content = strings.Join(strings.Split(gists[gist].Content, "")[:THRESHOLD], "")
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	return gists, nil
 }