diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/BackupProviderForm.vue b/dashboard/src/components/BackupProviderForm.vue
index 88d6b59bb..2cca5d698 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/components/BackupProviderForm.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/BackupProviderForm.vue
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
     <!-- SSHFS -->
     <FormGroup v-if="provider === 'sshfs'">
       <label for="mountOptionPrivateKeyInput">{{ $t('backups.configureBackupStorage.privateKey') }}</label>
-      <textarea id="mountOptionPrivateKeyInput" v-model="providerConfig.mountOptionPrivateKey" required></textarea>
+      <textarea id="mountOptionPrivateKeyInput" rows="7" style="white-space: nowrap;" v-model="providerConfig.mountOptionPrivateKey" required></textarea>
     </FormGroup>
 
     <!-- Filesystem -->
diff --git a/dashboard/src/views/VolumesView.vue b/dashboard/src/views/VolumesView.vue
index 02093fedb..ba253dd6c 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/views/VolumesView.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/views/VolumesView.vue
@@ -344,8 +344,7 @@ onMounted(async () =>{
 
           <FormGroup v-if="volumeDialogData.mountType === 'sshfs'">
             <label for="volumePrivateKey">{{ $t('volumes.addVolumeDialog.privateKey') }}</label>
-            <!-- private key has 7 lines of 70 chars -->
-            <MaskedInput multiline rows="7" cols="72" v-model="volumeDialogData.privateKey" id="volumePrivateKey" />
+            <MaskedInput multiline rows="7" style="white-space: nowrap;" v-model="volumeDialogData.privateKey" id="volumePrivateKey" />
           </FormGroup>
 
         </fieldset>