diff --git a/app/views/graders/test_request.html.haml b/app/views/graders/test_request.html.haml
--- a/app/views/graders/test_request.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/graders/test_request.html.haml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 - if @test_request.compiler_message!=nil and @test_request.compiler_message!=''
   %b Compiler Message
   %div{:style => "border: 1px solid black; background: lightgrey"}
-    = simple_format(truncate((@test_request.compiler_message or ''),200))
+    = simple_format(truncate((@test_request.compiler_message or ''), :length => 200))
 
 %b Input (first 2kb)
 %div{:style => "border: 1px solid black; background: lightgrey"}