diff --git a/scripts/config.py b/scripts/config.py
index c152848..9ef3ea8 100644
--- a/scripts/config.py
+++ b/scripts/config.py
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ LOCALE = "de_DE.utf8"
 COURSE_IGNORE_FILE = '.courseignore'
 COURSE_INFO_FILE  = 'info.yaml'
 DEFAULT_MASTER_FILE_NAME = 'master.tex'
+MAX_LEN = 40
diff --git a/scripts/utils.py b/scripts/utils.py
index ac06a70..428a227 100644
--- a/scripts/utils.py
+++ b/scripts/utils.py
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
+from config import MAX_LEN
+
+
 def beautify(string):
     return string.replace('_', ' ').replace('-', ' ').title()
 
+
 def unbeautify(string):
     return string.replace(' ', '-').lower()
 
-MAX_LEN = 40
+
 def generate_short_title(title):
     short_title = title or 'Untitled'
     if len(title) >= MAX_LEN:
         short_title = title[:MAX_LEN - len(' ... ')] + ' ... '
     short_title = short_title.replace('$', '')
     return short_title
-