diff --git a/edit.c b/edit.c
index 328a0cd..3cf6572 100644
--- a/edit.c
+++ b/edit.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ char contru[][4] = {"NUL", "SOH", "STX", "ETX", "EOT", "ENQ", "ACK", "BEL",
 					"CAN", " EM", "SUB", "ESC", " FS", " GS", " RS", " US",
 					"DEL" };
 char tmpbuf[10];
-char linbuf[256];
+char linbuf[16384];
 
 static  char    getcbuff[BUFFER];
 static  char    *getcnext = NULL;
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ printline(mempos, scpos)
 			*(string + print_pos) = '.';
 	}
 	*(string + Anzahl) = '\0';
-	strcat(linbuf, string);
+	strncat(linbuf, string, sizeof(linbuf) - strlen(linbuf) - 1);
 	mvaddstr(scpos, 0, linbuf);
 }