diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/snippets.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/snippets.scss
index c59e70c80dfe96e36097d3d75152fda26407dfc8..39786aa013812c59990c9cdcaceaab31f1417fef 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/snippets.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/snippets.scss
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 .snippet-file-content {
   border-radius: 3px;
 
+  .file-content {
+    max-height: 500px;
+    overflow-y: auto;
+  }
+
   + .snippet-file-content {
     @include gl-mt-5;
   }