diff --git a/cmd/gdu/app/app.go b/cmd/gdu/app/app.go
index eb0ea6bf6..f7c0c17e0 100644
--- a/cmd/gdu/app/app.go
+++ b/cmd/gdu/app/app.go
@@ -68,7 +68,13 @@ type Flags struct {
 
 // Style define style config
 type Style struct {
-	SelectedRow ColorStyle `yaml:"selected-row"`
+	SelectedRow   ColorStyle        `yaml:"selected-row"`
+	ProgressModal ProgressModalOpts `yaml:"progress-modal"`
+}
+
+// ProgressModalOpts defines options for progress modal
+type ProgressModalOpts struct {
+	CurrentItemNameMaxLen int `yaml:"current-item-path-max-len"`
 }
 
 // ColorStyle defines styling of some item
@@ -218,6 +224,11 @@ func (a *App) createUI() (UI, error) {
 				ui.SetSelectedBackgroundColor(tcell.GetColor(a.Flags.Style.SelectedRow.BackgroundColor))
 			})
 		}
+		if a.Flags.Style.ProgressModal.CurrentItemNameMaxLen > 0 {
+			opts = append(opts, func(ui *tui.UI) {
+				ui.SetCurrentItemNameMaxLen(a.Flags.Style.ProgressModal.CurrentItemNameMaxLen)
+			})
+		}
 
 		ui = tui.CreateUI(
 			a.TermApp,
diff --git a/cmd/gdu/app/app_test.go b/cmd/gdu/app/app_test.go
index 13524f620..799a2d95b 100644
--- a/cmd/gdu/app/app_test.go
+++ b/cmd/gdu/app/app_test.go
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ func TestAnalyzePathWithStyle(t *testing.T) {
 					TextColor:       "black",
 					BackgroundColor: "red",
 				},
+				ProgressModal: ProgressModalOpts{
+					CurrentItemNameMaxLen: 10,
+				},
 			},
 		},
 		[]string{"test_dir"},
diff --git a/tui/progress.go b/tui/progress.go
index e46e15f5c..d21bb7571 100644
--- a/tui/progress.go
+++ b/tui/progress.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (ui *UI) updateProgress() {
 					color +
 					delta.String() +
 					"[white:black:-]\nCurrent item: [white:black:b]" +
-					path.ShortenPath(currentItem, 70))
+					path.ShortenPath(currentItem, ui.currentItemNameMaxLen))
 			})
 		}(progress.ItemCount, progress.TotalSize, progress.CurrentItemName)
 
diff --git a/tui/tui.go b/tui/tui.go
index 3d34f1168..9cab6234d 100644
--- a/tui/tui.go
+++ b/tui/tui.go
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ type UI struct {
 	linkedItems             fs.HardLinkedItems
 	selectedTextColor       tcell.Color
 	selectedBackgroundColor tcell.Color
+	currentItemNameMaxLen   int
 }
 
 // Option is optional function customizing the bahaviour of UI
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ func CreateUI(
 		linkedItems:             make(fs.HardLinkedItems, 10),
 		selectedTextColor:       tview.Styles.TitleColor,
 		selectedBackgroundColor: tview.Styles.MoreContrastBackgroundColor,
+		currentItemNameMaxLen:   70,
 	}
 	for _, o := range opts {
 		o(ui)
@@ -192,6 +194,12 @@ func (ui *UI) SetSelectedBackgroundColor(color tcell.Color) {
 	ui.selectedBackgroundColor = color
 }
 
+// SetCurrentItemNameMaxLen sets the maximum length of the path of the currently processed item
+// to be shown in the progress modal
+func (ui *UI) SetCurrentItemNameMaxLen(len int) {
+	ui.currentItemNameMaxLen = len
+}
+
 // StartUILoop starts tview application
 func (ui *UI) StartUILoop() error {
 	return ui.app.Run()