diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/home/sessions/SessionsComponent.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/home/sessions/SessionsComponent.kt
index caa9da614..c02ae6a97 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/home/sessions/SessionsComponent.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/home/sessions/SessionsComponent.kt
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import org.mozilla.fenix.mvi.UIComponent
 import org.mozilla.fenix.mvi.ViewState
 import java.net.URL
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
-import java.util.Date
 import java.util.Calendar
+import java.util.Date
 import java.util.Locale
 
 data class ArchivedSession(
@@ -56,11 +56,15 @@ data class ArchivedSession(
         // just want to grab the host from the URL
         @SuppressWarnings("TooGenericExceptionCaught")
         val urlFormatter: (String) -> String = { url ->
-            try {
+            var formattedURL = try {
                 URL(url).host
             } catch (e: Exception) {
                 url
             }
+            if (formattedURL.length > LONGEST_HOST_ON_INTERNET_LENGTH) {
+                formattedURL = formattedURL.take(LONGEST_HOST_ON_INTERNET_LENGTH).plus("...")
+            }
+            formattedURL
         }
 
         _urls
@@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ data class ArchivedSession(
 
     private companion object {
         private const val NUMBER_OF_URLS_TO_DISPLAY = 5
+        private const val LONGEST_HOST_ON_INTERNET_LENGTH = 64
 
         private val timeFormatter = SimpleDateFormat("h:mm a", Locale.US)
         private val monthFormatter = SimpleDateFormat("M", Locale.US)
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/session_item.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/session_item.xml
index 454166590..842c96c16 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/session_item.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/session_item.xml
@@ -2,22 +2,19 @@
 <!-- This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
    - License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
    - file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. -->
-<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
-    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
     android:layout_width="match_parent"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
     android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
     android:background="@android:color/white"
-    app:cardElevation="1dp"
+    android:clipChildren="true"
     app:cardCornerRadius="10dp"
-    android:clipChildren="true">
+    app:cardElevation="5dp">
 
     <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
         android:id="@+id/session_item"
-        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-        xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:paddingBottom="@dimen/session_card_padding">
@@ -26,23 +23,23 @@
             android:id="@+id/session_card_thumbnail"
             android:layout_width="wrap_content"
             android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            android:src="@drawable/ic_session_thumbnail_placeholder_blue"
             android:layout_margin="@dimen/session_card_padding"
-            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
-            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"/>
+            android:src="@drawable/ic_session_thumbnail_placeholder_blue"
+            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
+            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
 
         <TextView
             android:id="@+id/session_card_timestamp"
             android:layout_width="0dp"
             android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+            android:layout_marginStart="12dp"
+            android:layout_marginEnd="12dp"
+            android:layout_marginBottom="2dp"
             android:textColor="@color/photonInk80"
             android:textSize="16sp"
-            android:layout_marginStart="12dp"
-            android:layout_marginBottom="2dp"
-            android:layout_marginEnd="12dp"
+            app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="@id/session_card_overflow_button"
             app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/session_card_thumbnail"
-            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@id/session_card_thumbnail"
-            app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="@id/session_card_overflow_button"/>
+            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@id/session_card_thumbnail" />
 
         <TextView
             android:id="@+id/session_card_titles"
@@ -50,9 +47,9 @@
             android:layout_height="wrap_content"
             android:textColor="@color/photonGrey50"
             android:textSize="12sp"
-            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/session_card_timestamp"
+            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="@id/session_card_timestamp"
             app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="@id/session_card_timestamp"
-            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="@id/session_card_timestamp"/>
+            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/session_card_timestamp" />
 
         <TextView
             android:id="@+id/session_card_extras"
@@ -60,8 +57,8 @@
             android:layout_height="wrap_content"
             android:textColor="@color/photonGrey50"
             android:textSize="12sp"
-            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/session_card_titles"
-            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="@id/session_card_titles" />
+            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="@id/session_card_titles"
+            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/session_card_titles" />
 
         <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.Barrier
             android:id="@+id/bottomBarrier"