diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/speech.h b/src/libespeak-ng/speech.h
index c67c097f..e2540186 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/speech.h
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/speech.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ extern "C"
 
 #define PLATFORM_POSIX 1
 #define PATHSEP  '/'
-#define N_PATH_HOME_DEF  160
+#define N_PATH_HOME_DEF  255
 #define USE_NANOSLEEP
 #define __cdecl