diff --git a/searx/tests/test_utils.py b/searx/tests/test_utils.py
index abe411c2b..04480791d 100644
--- a/searx/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/searx/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import mock
 from searx.testing import SearxTestCase
 from searx import utils
@@ -51,6 +52,15 @@ class TestUtils(SearxTestCase):
         self.assertIsNotNone(utils.html_to_text(html))
         self.assertEqual(utils.html_to_text(html), "Test text")
 
+    def test_prettify_url(self):
+        data = (('https://searx.me/', 'https://searx.me/'),
+                (u'https://searx.me/ű', u'https://searx.me/ű'),
+                ('https://searx.me/' + (100 * 'a'), 'https://searx.me/[...]aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'),
+                (u'https://searx.me/' + (100 * u'ű'), u'https://searx.me/[...]űűűűűűűűűűűűűűűűű'))
+
+        for test_url, expected in data:
+            self.assertEqual(utils.prettify_url(test_url, max_length=32), expected)
+
 
 class TestHTMLTextExtractor(SearxTestCase):
 
diff --git a/searx/utils.py b/searx/utils.py
index cc31726b6..3651cc389 100644
--- a/searx/utils.py
+++ b/searx/utils.py
@@ -222,9 +222,10 @@ def dict_subset(d, properties):
     return result
 
 
-def prettify_url(url):
-    if len(url) > 74:
-        return u'{0}[...]{1}'.format(url[:35], url[-35:])
+def prettify_url(url, max_length=74):
+    if len(url) > max_length:
+        chunk_len = max_length / 2 + 1
+        return u'{0}[...]{1}'.format(url[:chunk_len], url[-chunk_len:])
     else:
         return url