diff --git a/src/js-components/previewBar.ts b/src/js-components/previewBar.ts
index e0931d91..bef397c1 100644
--- a/src/js-components/previewBar.ts
+++ b/src/js-components/previewBar.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import Config from "../config";
+import Utils from "../utils";
+let utils = new Utils();
 
 class PreviewBar {
 	container: HTMLUListElement;
@@ -79,8 +81,8 @@ class PreviewBar {
 						tooltipTextWrapper.classList.remove("sbTooltipOneTitleThumbnailOffset");
 					} else if (category !== null) {
 						categoryTooltip.classList.remove("sbHidden");
-						categoryTooltip.textContent = chrome.i18n.getMessage("category_" + category) 
-							|| (chrome.i18n.getMessage("preview") + " " + chrome.i18n.getMessage("category_" + category.split("preview-")[1]));
+						categoryTooltip.textContent = utils.shortCategoryName(category)
+							|| (chrome.i18n.getMessage("preview") + " " + utils.shortCategoryName(category.split("preview-")[1]));
 
 						// There is a title now
 						tooltip.classList.remove("ytp-tooltip-text-no-title");
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index db766772..ceaefeda 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -350,6 +350,10 @@ class Utils {
         return formatted;
     }
 
+    shortCategoryName(categoryName: string): string {
+        return chrome.i18n.getMessage("category_" + categoryName + "_short") || chrome.i18n.getMessage("category_" + categoryName);
+    }
+
     getRawSeconds(minutes: number, seconds: number): number {
         return minutes * 60 + seconds;
     }