diff --git a/kasten/controllers/view/structures/datatypes/array/arraydatainformation.hpp b/kasten/controllers/view/structures/datatypes/array/arraydatainformation.hpp
index abec05c6..e2aa0193 100644
--- a/kasten/controllers/view/structures/datatypes/array/arraydatainformation.hpp
+++ b/kasten/controllers/view/structures/datatypes/array/arraydatainformation.hpp
@@ -1,122 +1,123 @@
 /*
  *   This file is part of the Okteta Kasten Framework, made within the KDE community.
  *
  *   Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Alex Richardson <alex.richardson@gmx.de>
  *
  *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
  *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  *   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) version 3, or any
  *   later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its
  *   successor approved by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall
  *   act as a proxy defined in Section 6 of version 3 of the license.
  *
  *   This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  *   Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
  *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  *   License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
 #ifndef KASTEN_ARRAYDATAINFORMATION_HPP
 #define KASTEN_ARRAYDATAINFORMATION_HPP
 
 #include "../dummydatainformation.hpp"
 #include "abstractarraydata.hpp"
 
 #include <QVariant>
 #include <QScriptValue>
 
 class DummyDataInformation;
 class AbstractArrayData;
 class PrimitiveDataInformation;
 
 class ArrayDataInformation : public DataInformationWithDummyChildren
 {
     friend class PrimitiveArrayTest;
     DATAINFORMATION_CLONE_DECL(ArrayDataInformation, DataInformationWithDummyChildren);
 
 public:
     /** creates a new array with initial length @p length.
      *  takes ownership over @p childType
      *  length should be > 0
      */
     ArrayDataInformation(const QString& name, uint length, DataInformation* childType,
                          DataInformation* parent = nullptr, const QScriptValue& lengthFuntion = QScriptValue());
     ~ArrayDataInformation() override;
 
 public:
     uint length() const;
     QWidget* createEditWidget(QWidget* parent) const override;
     QVariant dataFromWidget(const QWidget* w) const override;
     void setWidgetData(QWidget* w) const override;
 
     QWidget* createChildEditWidget(uint index, QWidget* parent) const override;
     QVariant dataFromChildWidget(uint index, const QWidget* w) const override;
     void setChildWidgetData(uint index, QWidget* w) const override;
 
     BitCount32 size() const override;
 
     qint64 readData(Okteta::AbstractByteArrayModel* input, Okteta::Address address,
                     BitCount64 bitsRemaining, quint8* bitOffset) override;
     bool setData(const QVariant& value, Okteta::AbstractByteArrayModel* out,
                  Okteta::Address address, BitCount64 bitsRemaining, quint8 bitOffset) override;
     bool setChildData(uint row, const QVariant& value, Okteta::AbstractByteArrayModel* out,
                       Okteta::Address address, BitCount64 bitsRemaining, quint8 bitOffset) override;
 
     Qt::ItemFlags childFlags(int row, int column, bool fileLoaded = true) const override;
     QVariant childData(int row, int column, int role) const override;
     DataInformation* childAt(unsigned int idx) const override;
     unsigned int childCount() const override;
     bool canHaveChildren() const override;
     QString childTypeName(uint index) const override;
     int indexOf(const DataInformation* const data) const override;
     BitCount32 childSize(uint index) const override;
 
     bool isArray() const override;
 
     bool setArrayLength(uint newLength);
     /** Sets the new array type
      * @param newChildtype the new type (ownership is always taken, do not use anymore after this call!)
      */
     void setArrayType(DataInformation* newChildtype);
     DataInformation* arrayType() const;
 
     QScriptValue childType() const;
     QScriptValue lengthFunction() const;
     void setLengthFunction(const QScriptValue& newFunc);
     QScriptValue childToScriptValue(uint index, QScriptEngine* engine, ScriptHandlerInfo* handlerInfo) const override;
     BitCount64 childPosition(const DataInformation* child, Okteta::Address start) const override;
 
 private:
     QScriptClass* scriptClass(ScriptHandlerInfo* handlerInfo) const override;
     QString typeNameImpl() const override;
 
 private:
     QScopedPointer<AbstractArrayData> mData;
-    static constexpr uint MAX_LEN = 10000;
+    // Limit the length to 64K to avoid excessive memory consumption
+    static constexpr uint MAX_LEN = 65535;
 };
 
 inline uint ArrayDataInformation::length() const
 {
     return mData->length();
 }
 
 inline DataInformation* ArrayDataInformation::arrayType() const
 {
     return mData->childType();
 }
 
 inline QScriptValue ArrayDataInformation::lengthFunction() const
 {
     return mAdditionalData.get(AdditionalData::AdditionalDataType::ArrayLengthFunction).value<QScriptValue>();
 }
 
 inline void ArrayDataInformation::setLengthFunction(const QScriptValue& newFunc)
 {
     setAdditionalFunction(AdditionalData::AdditionalDataType::ArrayLengthFunction, newFunc, "array length function");
 }
 
 #endif /* KASTEN_ARRAYDATAINFORMATION_HPP */