diff --git a/src/app/ui/zoom_entry.cpp b/src/app/ui/zoom_entry.cpp
index 8f82cc37b..8f5ec53db 100644
--- a/src/app/ui/zoom_entry.cpp
+++ b/src/app/ui/zoom_entry.cpp
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ using namespace gfx;
 using namespace ui;
 
 ZoomEntry::ZoomEntry()
-  : IntEntry(
-    0, render::Zoom::fromLinearScale(render::Zoom::linearValues()-1).scale()*100, this)
+  : IntEntry(0, render::Zoom::linearValues()-1, this)
   , m_locked(false)
 {
   setSuffix("%");
+  setMaxTextLength(6); // strlen("6400.0") == 6
   setup_mini_look(this);
 
   setZoom(render::Zoom(1, 1));
diff --git a/src/ui/entry.cpp b/src/ui/entry.cpp
index f8f2a138a..9f9cebee6 100644
--- a/src/ui/entry.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/entry.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 namespace ui {
 
-Entry::Entry(std::size_t maxsize, const char* format, ...)
+Entry::Entry(const std::size_t maxsize, const char* format, ...)
   : Widget(kEntryWidget)
   , m_timer(500, this)
   , m_maxsize(maxsize)
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ Entry::~Entry()
 {
 }
 
+void Entry::setMaxTextLength(const std::size_t maxsize)
+{
+  m_maxsize = maxsize;
+}
+
 bool Entry::isReadOnly() const
 {
   return m_readonly;
diff --git a/src/ui/entry.h b/src/ui/entry.h
index 52c3adcf0..4d77dbf46 100644
--- a/src/ui/entry.h
+++ b/src/ui/entry.h
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ namespace ui {
 
   class Entry : public Widget {
   public:
-    Entry(std::size_t maxsize, const char *format, ...);
+    Entry(const std::size_t maxsize, const char *format, ...);
     ~Entry();
 
+    void setMaxTextLength(const std::size_t maxsize);
+
     bool isPassword() const;
     bool isReadOnly() const;
     void setReadOnly(bool state);