diff --git a/dictionaryweights/src/main/java/edu/harvard/dbmi/avillach/dictionaryweights/WeightUpdateCreator.java b/dictionaryweights/src/main/java/edu/harvard/dbmi/avillach/dictionaryweights/WeightUpdateCreator.java
index f87ae14..693d828 100644
--- a/dictionaryweights/src/main/java/edu/harvard/dbmi/avillach/dictionaryweights/WeightUpdateCreator.java
+++ b/dictionaryweights/src/main/java/edu/harvard/dbmi/avillach/dictionaryweights/WeightUpdateCreator.java
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ concept_node.concept_node_id AS id, string_agg(value, ' ') AS values
                         FROM
                             concept_node
                             join concept_node_meta on concept_node.concept_node_id = concept_node_meta.concept_node_id
+                        WHERE
+                            LENGTH(concept_node_meta.value) > 1000
                         GROUP BY
                             concept_node.concept_node_id
                     ) AS concept_node_meta_str ON concept_node_meta_str.id = concept_node.concept_node_id