diff --git a/app/views/search/index.html.erb b/app/views/search/index.html.erb
index 509663bca..9ea481619 100644
--- a/app/views/search/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/search/index.html.erb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       <% @results.each do |e| %>
         <dt class="<%= e.event_type %>">
           <%= content_tag('span', h(e.project), :class => 'project') unless @project == e.project %>
-          <%= link_to(highlight_tokens(truncate(e.event_title, :length => 255), @tokens), e.event_url) %>
+          <%= link_to(highlight_tokens(e.event_title.truncate(255), @tokens), e.event_url) %>
         </dt>
         <dd><span class="description"><%= highlight_tokens(e.event_description, @tokens) %></span>
         <span class="author"><%= format_time(e.event_datetime) %></span></dd>