diff --git a/Laptop/XML_OldAIMArchive.cpp b/Laptop/XML_OldAIMArchive.cpp
index 925d7133..48ab5633 100644
--- a/Laptop/XML_OldAIMArchive.cpp
+++ b/Laptop/XML_OldAIMArchive.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ struct
 {
 	PARSE_STAGE	curElement;
 
-	CHAR8		szCharData[MAX_CHAR_DATA_LENGTH+1];
+	CHAR8		szCharData[MAX_CHAR_1000_DATA_LENGTH+1];
 	OLD_MERC_ARCHIVES_VALUES	curAimOldArchives;
 	OLD_MERC_ARCHIVES_VALUES *	curArray;
 
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ aimOldArchivesCharacterDataHandle(void *userData, const XML_Char *str, int len)
 	aimOldArchivesParseData * pData = (aimOldArchivesParseData *)userData;
 
 	if( (pData->currentDepth <= pData->maxReadDepth) &&
-		(strlen(pData->szCharData) < MAX_CHAR_DATA_LENGTH)
+		(strlen(pData->szCharData) < MAX_CHAR_1000_DATA_LENGTH)
 	){
-		strncat(pData->szCharData,str,__min((unsigned int)len,MAX_CHAR_DATA_LENGTH-strlen(pData->szCharData)));
+		strncat(pData->szCharData,str,__min((unsigned int)len,MAX_CHAR_1000_DATA_LENGTH-strlen(pData->szCharData)));
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/Tactical/XML.h b/Tactical/XML.h
index 0cbadb4f..02785d11 100644
--- a/Tactical/XML.h
+++ b/Tactical/XML.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ enum
 typedef PARSE_STAGE;
 
 #define MAX_CHAR_DATA_LENGTH			500
+#define MAX_CHAR_1000_DATA_LENGTH		1000
 
 #define TABLEDATA_DIRECTORY						"TableData\\"