diff --git a/compiler/verify/magic.py b/compiler/verify/magic.py
index 0b3a8c26..2b5727ed 100644
--- a/compiler/verify/magic.py
+++ b/compiler/verify/magic.py
@@ -267,6 +267,11 @@ def write_lvs_script(cell_name, gds_name, sp_name, final_verification=False, out
     if os.path.exists(full_setup_file):
         # Copy setup.tcl file into temp dir
         shutil.copy(full_setup_file, output_path)
+            
+        setup_file_object = open(output_path + "/setup.tcl", 'a')
+        setup_file_object.write("# Increase the column sizes for ease of reading long names\n")
+        setup_file_object.write("::netgen::format 80\n")
+
     else:
         setup_file = 'nosetup'