diff --git a/frontend/src/app/shared/components/asm/asm.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/shared/components/asm/asm.component.ts
index d05ced79e..9fcb5859e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/shared/components/asm/asm.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/shared/components/asm/asm.component.ts
@@ -36,14 +36,35 @@ export class AsmComponent {
   parseASM(): void {
     let instructions = this.asm.split('OP_');
     // trim instructions to a whole number of instructions with at most `crop` characters total
-    if (this.crop) {
+    if (this.crop && this.asm.length > this.crop) {
       let chars = 0;
       for (let i = 0; i < instructions.length; i++) {
-        chars += instructions[i].length + 3;
-        if (chars > this.crop) {
+        if (chars + instructions[i].length + 3 > this.crop) {
+          let croppedInstruction = instructions[i];
           instructions = instructions.slice(0, i);
+          // add cropped instruction
+          let remainingChars = this.crop - chars;
+          let parts = croppedInstruction.split(' ');
+          // only render this instruction if there is space for the instruction name and a few args
+          if (remainingChars > parts[0].length + 10) {
+            remainingChars -= parts[0].length + 1;
+            for (let j = 1; j < parts.length; j++) {
+              const arg = parts[j];
+              if (remainingChars >= arg.length) {
+                remainingChars -= arg.length + 1;
+              } else {
+                // crop this argument
+                parts[j] = arg.slice(0, remainingChars);
+                // and remove all following arguments
+                parts = parts.slice(0, j + 1);
+                break;
+              }
+            }
+            instructions.push(`${parts.join(' ')}`);
+          }
           break;
         }
+        chars += instructions[i].length + 3;
       }
     }
     this.instructions = instructions.filter(instruction => instruction.trim() !== '').map(instruction => {