diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index c5b6c5c..c6a51c6 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use crate::models::{DBState, Epic, Status, Story};
 
 pub struct JiraDatabase {
-    database: Box<dyn Database>,
+    pub(crate) database: Box<dyn Database>,
 }
 
 impl JiraDatabase {
diff --git a/src/ui/pages/page_helpers.rs b/src/ui/pages/page_helpers.rs
index 53320ab..c28d5e3 100644
--- a/src/ui/pages/page_helpers.rs
+++ b/src/ui/pages/page_helpers.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,29 @@
 use ellipse::Ellipse;
 
 pub fn get_column_string(text: &str, width: usize) -> String {
-    todo!() // use the truncate_ellipse function from the ellipse crate
+    match width {
+        0 => return String::new(),
+        1 => return ".".to_owned(),
+        2 => return "..".to_owned(),
+        3 => return "...".to_owned(),
+        _ => {}
+    }
+
+    let length = text.len();
+
+    if width == length {
+        return text.to_owned();
+    }
+
+    if width > length {
+        let diff = " ".repeat(width - length);
+        let mut out = text.to_owned();
+        out.push_str(&diff);
+
+        return out;
+    }
+
+    text.truncate_ellipse(width - 3).to_string()
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]