diff --git a/src/IO.f90 b/src/IO.f90
index 45c914587..67130ed91 100644
--- a/src/IO.f90
+++ b/src/IO.f90
@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ recursive function IO_recursiveRead(fileName) result(fileContent)
 
   implicit none
   character(len=*), intent(in)                   :: fileName
-  character(len=1024), dimension(:), allocatable :: fileContent
-  character(len=1024), dimension(:), allocatable :: includedContent
-  character(len=1024) :: line
+  character(len=256), dimension(:), allocatable :: fileContent
+  character(len=256), dimension(:), allocatable :: includedContent
+  character(len=256) :: line
   character(len=:), allocatable :: rawData
   integer(pInt) :: fileLength, fileUnit,startPos,endPos,&
              myTotalLines,l,includedLines, missingLines,i
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ recursive function IO_recursiveRead(fileName) result(fileContent)
   do while (startPos <= len(rawData))
     l = l + 1
     endPos = endPos + scan(rawData(startPos:),new_line(''))
+    if(endPos - startPos >256) write(6,*) 'mist'
     line = rawData(startPos:endPos-1)
     startPos = endPos + 1
 
diff --git a/src/config.f90 b/src/config.f90
index 196a39be6..022247aeb 100644
--- a/src/config.f90
+++ b/src/config.f90
@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ subroutine config_init()
  implicit none
  integer(pInt)            :: myDebug,i
 
- character(len=65536) :: &                                                                          
+ character(len=256) :: &
   line, &
   part
- character(len=65536), dimension(:), allocatable :: fileContent
+ character(len=256), dimension(:), allocatable :: fileContent
  logical :: jobSpecificConfig
 
  write(6,'(/,a)') ' <<<+-  config init  -+>>>'
@@ -187,12 +187,11 @@ subroutine parseFile(line,&
  implicit none
  character(len=*),  dimension(:), allocatable, intent(inout)  :: sectionNames
  type(tPartitionedStringList), allocatable, dimension(:), intent(out) :: part
- character(len=65536), dimension(:), intent(in) :: fileContent
- character(len=65536),intent(out) :: line
+ character(len=256), dimension(:), intent(in) :: fileContent
+ character(len=256),intent(out) :: line
 
  integer(pInt), allocatable, dimension(:) :: chunkPos
  integer(pInt)        :: s,i
- character(len=65536) :: devNull
  character(len=64)    :: tag
  logical              :: echo