diff --git a/pkg/commands/commit.go b/pkg/commands/commit.go
index 1cfed8b29..83c739899 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/commit.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/commit.go
@@ -64,5 +64,5 @@ func (c *Commit) GetDisplayStrings(isFocused bool) []string {
 		tagString = utils.ColoredString(strings.Join(c.Tags, " "), color.FgMagenta) + " "
 	}
 
-	return []string{shaColor.Sprint(c.Sha), actionString + tagString + defaultColor.Sprint(c.Name)}
+	return []string{shaColor.Sprint(c.Sha[:7]), actionString + tagString + defaultColor.Sprint(c.Name)}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/commands/commit_list_builder.go b/pkg/commands/commit_list_builder.go
index a467b3517..1c22ff711 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/commit_list_builder.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/commit_list_builder.go
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ func (c *CommitListBuilder) getLog(limit bool) string {
 		limitFlag = "-30"
 	}
 
-	c.Log.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("git log --oneline %s", limitFlag))
-	result, err := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(fmt.Sprintf("git log --oneline %s", limitFlag))
+	c.Log.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("git log --oneline %s --abbrev=%d", limitFlag, 20))
+	result, err := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(fmt.Sprintf("git log --oneline %s --abbrev=%d", limitFlag, 20))
 	if err != nil {
 		// assume if there is an error there are no commits yet for this branch
 		return ""