diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/webkit/downloads.py b/qutebrowser/browser/webkit/downloads.py
index 723edebb8..e5f9e8709 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/webkit/downloads.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/webkit/downloads.py
@@ -1334,8 +1334,8 @@ class TempDownloadManager(QObject):
         encoding = sys.getfilesystemencoding()
         suggested_name = utils.force_encoding(suggested_name, encoding)
         # Make sure that the filename is not too long
-        if len(suggested_name) > 20:
-            suggested_name = suggested_name[:10] + '...' + suggested_name[-10:]
+        if len(suggested_name) > 50:
+            suggested_name = suggested_name[:25] + '...' + suggested_name[-25:]
         fobj = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(dir=tmpdir.name, delete=False,
                                            suffix=suggested_name)
         self.files.append(fobj)