diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/editor.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/editor.js
index 4797eea35..ccb986609 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/editor.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/editor.js
@@ -272,6 +272,15 @@ angular.module('app')
       // We don't want to update the client modified date if toggling lock for note.
       note.setDirty(true, dontUpdateClientModified);
 
+
+      let limit = 80;
+      var text = note.text || "";
+      var truncate = text.length > limit;
+      note.content.preview_plain = text.substring(0, limit) + (truncate ? "..." : "");
+
+      // Clear dynamic previews if using plain editor
+      note.content.preview_html = null;
+
       syncManager.sync().then((response) => {
         if(response && response.error) {
           if(!this.didShowErrorAlert) {
@@ -346,11 +355,6 @@ angular.module('app')
     }
 
     this.contentChanged = function() {
-
-      // Clear dynamic previews if using plain editor
-      this.note.content.preview_html = null;
-      this.note.content.preview_plain = null;
-
       // content changes should bypass manual debouncer as we use the built in ng-model-options debouncer
       this.changesMade({bypassDebouncer: true});
     }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/app/_notes.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/app/_notes.scss
index 29237b560..e3c4a4647 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/app/_notes.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/app/_notes.scss
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
       text-overflow: ellipsis;
 
       $line-height: 18px;
-      .default-preview {
+      .default-preview, .plain-preview {
         display: -webkit-box;
         -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
         -webkit-line-clamp: 1; /* number of lines to show */
@@ -146,11 +146,6 @@
         max-height: calc(#{$line-height} * 1);       /* fallback */
       }
 
-      .plain-preview {
-        line-height: 19px;
-        margin-top: 1px;
-      }
-
       .html-preview {
         margin-top: 4px;
         margin-bottom: 4px;