diff --git a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/context/WorkingContextManager.java b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/context/WorkingContextManager.java
index 03697fa4cced..d0f59348b3fe 100644
--- a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/context/WorkingContextManager.java
+++ b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/context/WorkingContextManager.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public class WorkingContextManager {
       }
       JBZipEntry entry = archive.getOrCreateEntry("/" + entryName);
       if (comment != null) {
-        entry.setComment(comment);
+        entry.setComment(comment.substring(0, 200));
       }
       Element element = new Element("context");
       saveContext(element);