diff --git a/doc/fixes36.1 b/doc/fixes36.1
index 8bd585e21..738f2f451 100644
--- a/doc/fixes36.1
+++ b/doc/fixes36.1
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ message when cursed wand zapped by a monster happens to explode was suppressed
 	if hero was deaf, even though that message has no audible component
 support explicit 'symset:default' and 'symset:Default symbols' in options
 crash during startup if player name set as 'player' in defaults
+crash during startup if defaults file has a long line
 any existing vampire shape-shifted into critter (fog cloud, bat, wolf) became
 	an unkillable critter if vampires were genocided
 unlike in previous versions, an uncursed scroll of enchant armor failed to
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index c367e6d15..f8a767257 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	files.c	$NHDT-Date: 1452992318 2016/01/17 00:58:38 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.0 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.201 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	files.c	$NHDT-Date: 1454035130 2016/01/29 02:38:50 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.0 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.202 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -2100,7 +2100,7 @@ int src;
 #ifdef SYSCF
     int n;
 #endif
-    char *bufp, *altp, buf[BUFSZ];
+    char *bufp, *altp, buf[4 * BUFSZ];
     uchar translate[MAXPCHARS];
     int len;