diff --git a/code/__HELPERS/text.dm b/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
index 3491e831e6..b36a8c678b 100644
--- a/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
+++ b/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(binary, list("0","1"))
 			buffer = copytext(buffer, 1, cutoff) + punctbuffer
 		if(!findtext(buffer,alphanumeric))
 			continue
-		if(!buffer || lentext(buffer) > 140 || lentext(buffer) <= cullshort || buffer in accepted)
+		if(!buffer || lentext(buffer) > 280 || lentext(buffer) <= cullshort || buffer in accepted)
 			continue
 
 		accepted += buffer