diff --git a/src/yamlprocessor/dataprocess.py b/src/yamlprocessor/dataprocess.py
index fff788e..470388e 100755
--- a/src/yamlprocessor/dataprocess.py
+++ b/src/yamlprocessor/dataprocess.py
@@ -459,6 +459,7 @@ def process_data(
         yaml = YAML(typ='safe', pure=True)
         yaml.default_flow_style = False
         yaml.sort_base_mapping_type_on_output = False
+        yaml.width = 4096  # prevent text wrapping for most cases
         yaml.representer.ignore_aliases = lambda data: True
         yaml.representer.add_representer(
             datetime,