diff --git a/src/rhosts.c b/src/rhosts.c
index 387e09e..7c2ebf7 100644
--- a/src/rhosts.c
+++ b/src/rhosts.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ int parse_config(struct entry **entries){
         j = &(*entries)[0].entrytype;
 
         char c='\0'; // Character Buffer
-        char buff[500];
+        char buff[MAXSTRSIZE];
         buff[0]='\0';
         short int valtyp = CONTENTTYPE_BLANK;
 
diff --git a/src/rhosts.h b/src/rhosts.h
index e15817c..0daf83c 100644
--- a/src/rhosts.h
+++ b/src/rhosts.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #define TMPDOWNLOADLOCATION "/tmp/rhostsdownload"
 #define HOSTSLOCATION "/etc/hosts"
 #define CONFIGFILE "/etc/rhosts/rhosts.cfg"
+#define MAXSTRSIZE 500
 #else
 #endif
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
 
 struct entry{
         int entrytype;
-        char entry[500];
+        char entry[MAXSTRSIZE];
 };
 
 int parse_config(struct entry **entries);