diff --git a/src/infobar.c b/src/infobar.c
index 327ae6d..bfe779b 100644
--- a/src/infobar.c
+++ b/src/infobar.c
@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@ void
 infobar_draw_statustext(int sc, char *str)
 {
      /* str without \b[;;;;]\ blocks and str without colorsblocks * */
-     char strwb[512] = { 0 };
-     char strwc[512] = { 0 };
+     char strwb[MAXSS] = { 0 };
+     char strwc[MAXSS] = { 0 };
 
-     char buf[512] = { 0 };
+     char buf[MAXSS] = { 0 };
      char as, col[8] = { 0 };
      int i, j, c, k = 0, b = 0;
      uint bp[64][5] = { {0} };
diff --git a/src/wmfs.h b/src/wmfs.h
index 32eafad..614cdd4 100644
--- a/src/wmfs.h
+++ b/src/wmfs.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
 #define DEF_CONF     ".config/wmfs/wmfsrc"
 #define DEF_STATUS   ".config/wmfs/status.sh"
 #define PAD          conf.pad
+#define MAXSS        4096
 
 #define CWIN(win, parent, x, y, w, h, b, mask, col, at)                             \
     do {                                                                            \