diff --git a/src/chat.c b/src/chat.c
index c404a1e..a62b94e 100644
--- a/src/chat.c
+++ b/src/chat.c
@@ -547,9 +547,9 @@ static void chat_onDraw(ToxWindow *self, Tox *m)
     self->x = x2;
 
     /* Truncate note if it doesn't fit in statusbar */
-    uint16_t maxlen = x2 - getcurx(statusbar->topline) - (KEY_IDENT_DIGITS * 2) - 6;
+    uint16_t maxlen = x2 - getcurx(statusbar->topline) - (KEY_IDENT_DIGITS * 2) - 7;
     if (statusbar->statusmsg_len > maxlen) {
-        statusbar->statusmsg[maxlen-1] = '\0';
+        statusbar->statusmsg[maxlen] = '\0';
         statusbar->statusmsg_len = maxlen;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/friendlist.h b/src/friendlist.h
index 0dd4a8f..029c9a6 100644
--- a/src/friendlist.h
+++ b/src/friendlist.h
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 #include "toxic_windows.h"
 
-#define KEY_IDENT_DIGITS 2
-
 typedef struct {
     uint8_t name[TOX_MAX_NAME_LENGTH];
     uint16_t namelength;
diff --git a/src/toxic_windows.h b/src/toxic_windows.h
index ae126db..774b790 100644
--- a/src/toxic_windows.h
+++ b/src/toxic_windows.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #define N_DEFAULT_WINS 2    /* number of permanent default windows */
 #define CURS_Y_OFFSET 3    /* y-axis cursor offset for chat contexts */
 #define CHATBOX_HEIGHT 4
+#define KEY_IDENT_DIGITS 2    /* number of hex digits to display for the pub-key based identifier */
 
 #define EXIT_SUCCESS 0
 #define EXIT_FAILURE 1