diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/fml/network/FMLHandshakeMessages.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/fml/network/FMLHandshakeMessages.java
index 27fb61ac6..02161834c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/fml/network/FMLHandshakeMessages.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/fml/network/FMLHandshakeMessages.java
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ public class FMLHandshakeMessages
         }
 
         public static S2CConfigData decode(final PacketBuffer buffer) {
-            return new S2CConfigData(buffer.readString(128), buffer.readByteArray());
+            return new S2CConfigData(buffer.readString(32767), buffer.readByteArray());
         }
 
         public String getFileName() {