diff --git a/code/modules/tgui_input/text.dm b/code/modules/tgui_input/text.dm
index ec94fbd6766..2476ec16342 100644
--- a/code/modules/tgui_input/text.dm
+++ b/code/modules/tgui_input/text.dm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * * encode - Toggling this determines if input is filtered via html_encode. Setting this to FALSE gives raw input.
  * * timeout - The timeout of the textbox, after which the modal will close and qdel itself. Set to zero for no timeout.
  */
-/proc/tgui_input_text(mob/user, message = "", title = "Text Input", default, max_length = MAX_MESSAGE_LEN, multiline = FALSE, encode = TRUE, timeout = 0, ui_state = GLOB.always_state)
+/proc/tgui_input_text(mob/user, message = "", title = "Text Input", default, max_length = INFINITY, multiline = FALSE, encode = TRUE, timeout = 0, ui_state = GLOB.always_state)
 	if (!user)
 		user = usr
 	if (!istype(user))