diff --git a/src/components/widget-creator.jsx b/src/components/widget-creator.jsx
index e6bb9a669..18b43c6d4 100644
--- a/src/components/widget-creator.jsx
+++ b/src/components/widget-creator.jsx
@@ -384,6 +384,17 @@ const WidgetCreator = ({instId, widgetId, minHeight='', minWidth=''}) => {
 	}
 
 	const save = (instanceName, qset, version = 1) => {
+		//cancel saving of the widget if title is too long to prevent crashing
+		if(instanceName.length>100) {
+			setAlertDialog({
+				enabled: true,
+				title: 'Title too long', //the max length for title in my testing is 100
+				message: 'Title must be less than 100 characters',
+				fatal: false,
+				enableLoginButton: false
+			});
+			return false;
+		}
 		let newWidget = {
 			widget_id: widgetId,
 			name: instanceName,
@@ -830,4 +841,4 @@ const WidgetCreator = ({instId, widgetId, minHeight='', minWidth=''}) => {
 
 }
 
-export default WidgetCreator
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+export default WidgetCreator