diff --git a/ui/src/components/utilities.rs b/ui/src/components/utilities.rs
index f2e7c0dc..c11d4fc7 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/utilities.rs
+++ b/ui/src/components/utilities.rs
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ pub struct Pager {
     reflow: Reflow,
     height: usize,
     width: usize,
+    minimum_width: usize,
     dirty: bool,
 
     initialised: bool,
@@ -311,7 +312,11 @@ impl Pager {
         self.reflow
     }
 
-    pub fn update_from_str(&mut self, text: &str, width: Option<usize>) {
+    pub fn update_from_str(&mut self, text: &str, mut width: Option<usize>) {
+        if width.is_some() && width.unwrap() < self.minimum_width {
+            width = Some(self.minimum_width);
+        }
+
         let lines: Vec<String> = text.split_lines_reflow(self.reflow, width);
         let height = lines.len() + 2;
         let width = width.unwrap_or_else(|| lines.iter().map(|l| l.len()).max().unwrap_or(0));
@@ -330,7 +335,7 @@ impl Pager {
         mut text: String,
         context: Option<&Context>,
         cursor_pos: Option<usize>,
-        width: Option<usize>,
+        mut width: Option<usize>,
     ) -> Self {
         let pager_filter: Option<&String> = if let Some(context) = context {
             context.settings.pager.filter.as_ref()
@@ -338,6 +343,26 @@ impl Pager {
             None
         };
 
+        let pager_minimum_width: usize = if let Some(context) = context {
+            context.settings.pager.minimum_width
+        } else {
+            0
+        };
+
+        let reflow: Reflow = if let Some(context) = context {
+            if context.settings.pager.split_long_lines {
+                Reflow::All
+            } else {
+                Reflow::No
+            }
+        } else {
+            Reflow::All
+        };
+
+        if width.is_some() && width.unwrap() < pager_minimum_width {
+            width = Some(pager_minimum_width);
+        }
+
         if let Some(bin) = pager_filter {
             use std::io::Write;
             use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
@@ -364,7 +389,7 @@ impl Pager {
 
         let content = {
             let lines: Vec<String> = if let Some(width) = width {
-                text.split_lines(width)
+                text.split_lines_reflow(reflow, Some(width.saturating_sub(2)))
             } else {
                 text.trim().split('\n').map(str::to_string).collect()
             };
@@ -381,6 +406,7 @@ impl Pager {
         };
         Pager {
             text,
+            reflow,
             cursor: (0, cursor_pos.unwrap_or(0)),
             height: content.size().1,
             width: content.size().0,
@@ -459,10 +485,14 @@ impl Component for Pager {
         }
 
         if !self.initialised {
-            let width = width!(area);
+            let mut width = width!(area);
+            if width < self.minimum_width {
+                width = self.minimum_width;
+            }
+
             let lines: Vec<String> = self
                 .text
-                .split_lines_reflow(Reflow::All, Some(width.saturating_sub(2)));
+                .split_lines_reflow(self.reflow, Some(width.saturating_sub(2)));
             let height = lines.len() + 2;
             let mut content = CellBuffer::new(width, height, Cell::with_char(' '));
             content.set_ascii_drawing(self.content.ascii_drawing);
diff --git a/ui/src/conf/pager.rs b/ui/src/conf/pager.rs
index 2773bd6a..39dde1c6 100644
--- a/ui/src/conf/pager.rs
+++ b/ui/src/conf/pager.rs
@@ -58,4 +58,18 @@ pub struct PagerSettings {
     /// Default: true
     #[serde(default = "true_val")]
     pub format_flowed: bool,
+
+    /// Split long lines that would overflow on the x axis.
+    /// Default: true
+    #[serde(default = "true_val")]
+    pub split_long_lines: bool,
+
+    /// Minimum text width in columns.
+    /// Default: 80
+    #[serde(default = "eighty_val")]
+    pub minimum_width: usize,
+}
+
+fn eighty_val() -> usize {
+    80
 }