diff --git a/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/payment/validation/InteracETransferQuestionValidator.java b/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/payment/validation/InteracETransferQuestionValidator.java
index 2fa0cf85..427a61f0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/payment/validation/InteracETransferQuestionValidator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/payment/validation/InteracETransferQuestionValidator.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public class InteracETransferQuestionValidator extends InputValidator {
     public InteracETransferQuestionValidator(LengthValidator lengthValidator, RegexValidator regexValidator) {
 
         lengthValidator.setMinLength(1);
-        lengthValidator.setMaxLength(40);
+        lengthValidator.setMaxLength(160);
         this.lengthValidator = lengthValidator;
 
         regexValidator.setPattern("[A-Za-z0-9\\-\\_\\'\\,\\.\\? ]+");
diff --git a/desktop/src/test/java/haveno/desktop/util/validation/InteracETransferQuestionValidatorTest.java b/desktop/src/test/java/haveno/desktop/util/validation/InteracETransferQuestionValidatorTest.java
index 8385e5d8..dd9258e4 100644
--- a/desktop/src/test/java/haveno/desktop/util/validation/InteracETransferQuestionValidatorTest.java
+++ b/desktop/src/test/java/haveno/desktop/util/validation/InteracETransferQuestionValidatorTest.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class InteracETransferQuestionValidatorTest {
 
         assertFalse(validator.validate(null).isValid); // null
         assertFalse(validator.validate("").isValid); // empty
-        assertFalse(validator.validate("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ").isValid); // too long
+        assertFalse(validator.validate("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ").isValid); // too long
         assertFalse(validator.validate("abc !@#").isValid); // invalid characters
     }