diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/profiles/edit/CreateProfileFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/profiles/edit/CreateProfileFragment.java
index cfe4b4bb043..67dd4da4cc0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/profiles/edit/CreateProfileFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/profiles/edit/CreateProfileFragment.java
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
 public class CreateProfileFragment extends LoggingFragment {
 
   private static final String TAG                    = Log.tag(CreateProfileFragment.class);
-  private static final int    MAX_DESCRIPTION_GLYPHS = 480;
-  private static final int    MAX_DESCRIPTION_BYTES  = 8192;
+  private static final int    MAX_DESCRIPTION_GLYPHS = 3840;
+  private static final int    MAX_DESCRIPTION_BYTES  = 65536;
 
   private Intent nextIntent;