diff --git a/code/modules/supply/supply_console.dm b/code/modules/supply/supply_console.dm
index 2ac827b261b..8d323258b5b 100644
--- a/code/modules/supply/supply_console.dm
+++ b/code/modules/supply/supply_console.dm
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
 			if(world.time > timeout || !reason || (!is_public && !is_authorized(user)) || ..())
 				// Cancel if they take too long, they dont give a reason, they aint authed, or if they walked away
 				return
-			reason = sanitize(copytext(reason, 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN))
+			reason = sanitize(copytext(reason, 1, 75)) // very long reasons are bad
 
 			//===orderee identification information===
 			var/idname = "*None Provided*"