diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/textextractors/HtmlTextExtractor.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/textextractors/HtmlTextExtractor.java
index d117e80537..80218d039f 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/textextractors/HtmlTextExtractor.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/textextractors/HtmlTextExtractor.java
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ final class HtmlTextExtractor implements TextExtractor {
             renderer.setIncludeHyperlinkURLs(false);
             renderer.setDecorateFontStyles(false);
             renderer.setIncludeAlternateText(false);
+            renderer.setMaxLineLength(0); // don't force wrapping
             return new StringReader(renderer.toString());
         } catch (IOException ex) {
             logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Error extracting HTML from content.", ex);