diff --git a/glitch/exceptions.py b/glitch/exceptions.py
index 72b66aa..f7da3b3 100644
--- a/glitch/exceptions.py
+++ b/glitch/exceptions.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import sys
 import traceback
 
+from typing import List
+
 EXCEPTIONS = {
     "ANSIBLE_PLAYBOOK": "Ansible - File is not a playbook: {}",
     "ANSIBLE_TASKS_FILE": "Ansible - File is not a tasks file: {}",
@@ -20,5 +22,8 @@
 def throw_exception(exception: str, *args: str) -> None:
     print("Error:", exception.format(*args), file=sys.stderr)
     print("=" * 20 + " Traceback " + "=" * 20, file=sys.stderr)
-    traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stderr)
+    exc: List[str] = traceback.format_exc().split("\n")
+    if len(exc) > 40:
+        exc = exc[:20] + ["..."] + exc[-20:]
+    print("\n".join(exc), file=sys.stderr)
     print("=" * 51, file=sys.stderr)