diff --git a/inc/config.php b/inc/config.php
index b5c8e1b2..63972d07 100644
--- a/inc/config.php
+++ b/inc/config.php
@@ -900,6 +900,9 @@
     // Number of reports you can create at once.
     $config['report_limit'] = 3;
 
+    // Maximum character length of report.
+    $config['report_max_length'] = 50;
+
     // Allow unfiltered HTML in board subtitle. This is useful for placing icons and links.
     $config['allow_subtitle_html'] = false;
 
diff --git a/post.php b/post.php
index 1388a821..5a2fa32e 100644
--- a/post.php
+++ b/post.php
@@ -319,8 +319,8 @@ function handle_report(){
     if (empty($report))
         error($config['error']['noreport']);
     
-    if (strlen($report) > 30)
-		error($config['error']['invalidreport']);
+    if (strlen($_POST['reason']) > $config['report_max_length'])
+        error($config['error']['reporttoolong']);
     
     if (count($report) > $config['report_limit'])
         error($config['error']['toomanyreports']);
diff --git a/templates/report_delete.html b/templates/report_delete.html
index b51534bf..453f9034 100644
--- a/templates/report_delete.html
+++ b/templates/report_delete.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	
 	<div id="report-fields">
 		<label for="reason">{% trans %}Reason{% endtrans %}</label> 
-		<input id="reason" type="text" name="reason" size="20" maxlength="100" />
+		<input id="reason" type="text" name="reason" size="20" maxlength="{{ config.report_max_length }}" />
 		<input type="submit" name="report" value="{% trans %}Report{% endtrans %}" />
 	</div>
 </div>