1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/token.cc b/src/token.cc
index 0bbff6ea..f616ae3e 100644
--- a/src/token.cc
+++ b/src/token.cc
@@ -303,8 +303,8 @@ void expr_t::token_t::next(std::istream& in, const parse_flags_t& pflags)
       kind = SLASH;
     } else {                    // terminal context
       // Read in the regexp
-      char buf[256];
-      READ_INTO_(in, buf, 255, c, length, c != '/');
+      char buf[4096];
+      READ_INTO_(in, buf, 4095, c, length, c != '/');
       if (c != '/')
         expected('/', c);
       in.get(c);