# Extending character limit beyond 99000

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/extending-character-limit-beyond-99000/143381>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [March 5, 2020, 7:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extending-character-limit-beyond-99000/143381 "2020-03-05T07:59:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tim\_Jefferies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tim_jefferies/32/113296_2.png) [@Tim\_Jefferies](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tim_Jefferies)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 7:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extending-character-limit-beyond-99000/143381/1 "2020-03-05T07:59:50Z")

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I realise that for most usage cases this isn’t going to be useful, but I was wondering :

- Why 99000 specifically? Is it technical limitation?
- Can we raise that value further as an admin (with a message explaining any consequences)?

I’m running 2 discourse instances, one is a private wiki and the other is a public forum. People have hit this limit in both.  
It is possible to seperate the topic post in to seperate replies yes, but its not ideal to do this - and crucially for the wiki renders the DiscoTOC; automatic table of contents plugin unusable (Which is exactly what we need for long wikis).

Finally. Is there a way that I can delve into the docker image and override this setting if it can’t be raised as part of the discourse code?

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