diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/ui/MessagesFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/ui/MessagesFragment.kt
index 704966499..4b330a5f2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/ui/MessagesFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/ui/MessagesFragment.kt
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ class MessagesFragment : Fragment(), Logging {
             sendMessageInputText()
         }
 
-        // max payload length should be 237 bytes but anything over 235 bytes crashes the radio
-        binding.messageInputText.filters += Utf8ByteLengthFilter(234)
+        // max payload length should be 237 bytes but anything over 200 becomes less reliable
+        binding.messageInputText.filters += Utf8ByteLengthFilter(200)
 
         binding.messageListView.setContent {
             val messages by model.getMessagesFrom(contactKey).collectAsStateWithLifecycle(listOf())
diff --git a/config/detekt/detekt-baseline.xml b/config/detekt/detekt-baseline.xml
index b12339f1d..927f9a593 100644
--- a/config/detekt/detekt-baseline.xml
+++ b/config/detekt/detekt-baseline.xml
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
     <ID>MagicNumber:MeshService.kt$MeshService$32</ID>
     <ID>MagicNumber:MeshService.kt$MeshService$60000</ID>
     <ID>MagicNumber:MeshService.kt$MeshService$8</ID>
-    <ID>MagicNumber:MessagesFragment.kt$MessagesFragment$234</ID>
+    <ID>MagicNumber:MessagesFragment.kt$MessagesFragment$200</ID>
     <ID>MagicNumber:MetricsViewModel.kt$MetricsViewModel$1000L</ID>
     <ID>MagicNumber:MetricsViewModel.kt$MetricsViewModel$1e-5</ID>
     <ID>MagicNumber:MetricsViewModel.kt$MetricsViewModel$1e-7</ID>