diff --git a/src/ViewTask.cpp b/src/ViewTask.cpp
index 929023024..4861a4c60 100644
--- a/src/ViewTask.cpp
+++ b/src/ViewTask.cpp
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ std::string ViewTask::render (std::vector <Task>& data, std::vector <int>& seque
   // Not enough for minimum.
   else if (overage < 0)
   {
-    context.error (format (STRING_VIEW_TOO_SMALL, sum_minimal + all_extra, _width));
     widths = minimal;
   }
 
@@ -313,10 +312,11 @@ std::string ViewTask::render (std::vector <Task>& data, std::vector <int>& seque
       row_color.blend (rule_color);
     }
 
+    const int off = overage < 0 ? overage : 0;
     for (unsigned int c = 0; c < _columns.size (); ++c)
     {
       cells.push_back (std::vector <std::string> ());
-      _columns[c]->render (cells[c], data[sequence[s]], widths[c], row_color);
+      _columns[c]->render (cells[c], data[sequence[s]], widths[c]+off, row_color);
 
       if (cells[c].size () > max_lines)
         max_lines = cells[c].size ();
diff --git a/src/text.cpp b/src/text.cpp
index f5e3496be..884013ae9 100644
--- a/src/text.cpp
+++ b/src/text.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ void wrapText (
 {
   std::string line;
   unsigned int offset = 0;
-  while (extractLine (line, text, width, hyphenate, offset))
+  const int dw = width < 12 ? 12 : width;
+  while (extractLine (line, text, dw, hyphenate, offset))
     lines.push_back (line);
 }