diff --git a/GUI/Window.cs b/GUI/Window.cs
index 8ff06993c..333a4c823 100644
--- a/GUI/Window.cs
+++ b/GUI/Window.cs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.Gui {
                 Invoke(new VoidDelegate(SettingsUpdate));
             } else {
                 Text = Server.name + " - MCGalaxy " + Server.VersionString;
-                notifyIcon1.Text = ("MCGalaxy Server: " + Server.name).Truncate(64);
+                notifyIcon1.Text = ("MCGalaxy Server: " + Server.name).Truncate(63);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Config/StringAttributes.cs b/MCGalaxy/Config/StringAttributes.cs
index 5817ba989..6c8751c62 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Config/StringAttributes.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Config/StringAttributes.cs
@@ -41,29 +41,33 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.Config {
     
     public sealed class ConfigStringAttribute : ConfigAttribute {
         
-        /// <summary> Whether the empty string is an allowed, or if is treated as the default value. </summary>
+        /// <summary> Whether an empty string is an allowed for the value, or if it is treated as the default value. </summary>
         public bool AllowEmpty;
         
-        /// <summary> Specifies the restricted set of characters (asides from alphanumeric characters) 
-        /// that this field is allowed to have. </summary>
+        /// <summary> Specifies the restricted set of characters (asides from alphanumeric characters)
+        /// that the value is allowed to have. </summary>
         public string AllowedChars;
         
+        /// <summary> Maximum number of characters allowed in the value. 0 means no limit. </summary>
+        public int MaxLength = 0;
+        
         public ConfigStringAttribute(string name, string section, string desc, string defValue,
-                                    bool allowEmpty = false, string allowedChars = null)
+                                     bool allowEmpty = false, string allowedChars = null, int maxLength = 0)
             : base(name, section, desc, defValue) {
             AllowEmpty = allowEmpty;
             AllowedChars = allowedChars;
+            MaxLength = maxLength;
         }
         
         public override object Parse(string value) {
             if (value == "") {
                 if (!AllowEmpty) {
-                      Server.s.Log("Config key \"" + Name + "\" has no value, using default of " + DefaultValue);
-                      return DefaultValue;
+                    Server.s.Log("Config key \"" + Name + "\" has no value, using default of " + DefaultValue);
+                    return DefaultValue;
                 }
                 return "";
             } else if (AllowedChars == null) {
-                return value;
+                return Truncate(value);
             }
             
             foreach (char c in value) {
@@ -71,11 +75,19 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.Config {
                     continue;
                 
                 if (AllowedChars.IndexOf(c) == -1) {
-                      Server.s.Log("Config key \"" + Name + "\" contains " +
+                    Server.s.Log("Config key \"" + Name + "\" contains " +
                                  "a non-allowed character, using default of " + DefaultValue);
-                      return DefaultValue;
+                    return DefaultValue;
                 }
             }
+            return Truncate(value);
+        }
+        
+        string Truncate(string value) {
+            if (MaxLength > 0 && value.Length > MaxLength) {
+                value = value.Substring(0, MaxLength);
+                Server.s.Log("Config key \"" + Name + "\" is too long, truncating to " + value);
+            }
             return value;
         }
     }
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Levels/Level.Fields.cs b/MCGalaxy/Levels/Level.Fields.cs
index bf61c5da6..371f38498 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Levels/Level.Fields.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Levels/Level.Fields.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace MCGalaxy {
     public sealed partial class Level : IDisposable {
         
         public string name;
-        [ConfigString("MOTD", "General", null, "ignore", true)]
+        [ConfigString("MOTD", "General", null, "ignore", true, null, 128)]
         public string motd = "ignore";
         
         public byte rotx, roty;
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ namespace MCGalaxy {
         // Environment settings
         [ConfigInt("Weather", "Env", null, 0, 0, 2)]
         public int Weather;
-        [ConfigString("Texture", "Env", null, "", true)]
+        [ConfigString("Texture", "Env", null, "", true, null, 64)]
         public string terrainUrl = "";
         [ConfigString("TexturePack", "Env", null, "", true)]
         public string texturePackUrl = "";
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Server/Server.Fields.cs b/MCGalaxy/Server/Server.Fields.cs
index 9122e0d2b..91b459c0b 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Server/Server.Fields.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Server/Server.Fields.cs
@@ -169,10 +169,10 @@ namespace MCGalaxy {
         public static bool TablistBots = false;
 
         [ConfigString("server-name", "General", null, 
-                      "[MCGalaxy] Default", false, "![]&:.,{}~-+()?_/\\' ")]
+                      "[MCGalaxy] Default", false, "![]&:.,{}~-+()?_/\\' ", 64)]
         public static string name = "[MCGalaxy] Default";
         [ConfigString("motd", "General", null, "Welcome",
-                     false,  "=![]&:.,{}~-+()?_/\\' ")]
+                     false,  "=![]&:.,{}~-+()?_/\\' ", 128)]
         public static string motd = "Welcome!";
         [ConfigInt("max-players", "Server", null, 12, 1, 128)]
         public static int players = 12;
@@ -372,9 +372,9 @@ namespace MCGalaxy {
         public static bool guestJoinNotify = true;
         [ConfigBool("guest-leave-notify", "Other", null, true)]        
         public static bool guestLeaveNotify = true;
-        [ConfigString("default-texture-url", "General", null, "", true)]
+        [ConfigString("default-texture-url", "General", null, "", true, null, 64)]
         public static string defaultTerrainUrl = "";
-        [ConfigString("default-texture-pack-url", "General", null, "", true)]        
+        [ConfigString("default-texture-pack-url", "General", null, "", true, null, 64)]        
         public static string defaultTextureUrl = "";
 
         //hackrank stuff