diff --git a/lyricsmanager.py b/lyricsmanager.py
index e7e3a6f..8d70329 100644
--- a/lyricsmanager.py
+++ b/lyricsmanager.py
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ def addLyrics(text, ref = 0, db = dbtools.dbHelper()):
 
 def queryLyrics(ref = 0):
  text = input("Text: ")
- ref = int(input("Reference [%i]: " % ref) or 0)
+
+ if len(text) > 130:
+  print("Text too long (%i characters)" % len(text))
+  return queryLyrics(ref)
+
+ ref = int(input("Reference [%i]: " % ref) or ref)
 
  row = addLyrics(text, ref)