diff --git a/apps/course/templates/course/_items.html b/apps/course/templates/course/_items.html
index 94586e99..f27bd326 100644
--- a/apps/course/templates/course/_items.html
+++ b/apps/course/templates/course/_items.html
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     {% endif %}
   </div>
   <a class="courses__title" href="{% url 'course' course.id %}?next={{ request.get_full_path }}">{{ course.title }}</a>
-  <div class="courses__content">{{ course.short_description | safe | linebreaks }}
+  <div class="courses__content">{{ course.short_description | safe | linebreaks | truncatechars_html:300 }}
   </div>
   <div class="courses__user user">
     <a href="{% if course.author %}{% url 'user' course.author.id %}{% endif %}">
diff --git a/apps/user/views.py b/apps/user/views.py
index 41a18cb0..3f4ca843 100644
--- a/apps/user/views.py
+++ b/apps/user/views.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class UserView(DetailView):
     def get_context_data(self, object):
         context = super().get_context_data()
         context['published'] = Course.objects.filter(
-            author=self.object,
+            author=self.object, status=Course.PUBLISHED,
         )
         return context
 
diff --git a/web/src/sass/_common.sass b/web/src/sass/_common.sass
index fc1ac8d1..195ff46d 100755
--- a/web/src/sass/_common.sass
+++ b/web/src/sass/_common.sass
@@ -4114,6 +4114,8 @@ a
     font-size: 16px
     padding-bottom: 24px
     text-align: left
+    margin: 0
+    max-width: 100%
   &.pic
     position: relative
     width: 100%