diff --git a/files/helpers/config/const.py b/files/helpers/config/const.py
index cba2b5d04..aa07e613b 100644
--- a/files/helpers/config/const.py
+++ b/files/helpers/config/const.py
@@ -594,8 +594,13 @@ EMOJI_SRCS = ['files/assets/emojis.json']
 PIN_LIMIT = 3
 POST_TITLE_LENGTH_LIMIT = 500 # do not make larger than 500 without altering the table
 POST_TITLE_HTML_LENGTH_LIMIT = 1500 # do not make larger than 1500 without altering the table
-POST_BODY_LENGTH_LIMIT = 20000 # do not make larger than 20000 without altering the table
-POST_BODY_HTML_LENGTH_LIMIT = 40000 # do not make larger than 40000 without altering the table
+
+def POST_BODY_LENGTH_LIMIT(v):
+	if v.patron: return 100000
+	return 20000
+
+POST_BODY_HTML_LENGTH_LIMIT = 200000 # do not make larger than 200000 without altering the table
+
 COMMENT_BODY_LENGTH_LIMIT = 10000 # do not make larger than 10000 characters without altering the table
 COMMENT_BODY_HTML_LENGTH_LIMIT = 20000 # do not make larger than 20000 characters without altering the table
 CSS_LENGTH_LIMIT = 10000 # do not make larger than 20000 characters without altering the table
diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index cc2f59310..5244eb581 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ def sanitize_raw_body(sanitized:Optional[str], is_post:bool) -> str:
 	sanitized = html_comment_regex.sub('', sanitized)
 	sanitized = sanitized.replace('\u200e','').replace('\u200b','').replace("\ufeff", "").replace("\r\n", "\n")
 	sanitized = sanitized.strip()
-	return sanitized[:POST_BODY_LENGTH_LIMIT if is_post else COMMENT_BODY_LENGTH_LIMIT]
+	return sanitized[:POST_BODY_LENGTH_LIMIT(g.v) if is_post else COMMENT_BODY_LENGTH_LIMIT]
 
 
 def sanitize_settings_text(sanitized:Optional[str], max_length:Optional[int]=None) -> str:
diff --git a/files/routes/jinja2.py b/files/routes/jinja2.py
index 2e02d269b..0ede24cec 100644
--- a/files/routes/jinja2.py
+++ b/files/routes/jinja2.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def inject_constants():
 			"FP":FP, "patron":patron, "get_setting": get_setting,
 			"SIDEBAR_THREAD":SIDEBAR_THREAD, "BANNER_THREAD":BANNER_THREAD,
 			"BADGE_THREAD":BADGE_THREAD, "SNAPPY_THREAD":SNAPPY_THREAD,
-			"approved_embed_hosts":approved_embed_hosts,
+			"approved_embed_hosts":approved_embed_hosts, "POST_BODY_LENGTH_LIMIT":POST_BODY_LENGTH_LIMIT,
 			"SITE_SETTINGS":get_settings(), "EMAIL":EMAIL, "max": max, "min": min, "user_can_see":User.can_see,
 			"TELEGRAM_ID":TELEGRAM_ID, "EMAIL_REGEX_PATTERN":EMAIL_REGEX_PATTERN,
 			"TRUESCORE_DONATE_MINIMUM":TRUESCORE_DONATE_MINIMUM, "PROGSTACK_ID":PROGSTACK_ID,
diff --git a/files/routes/posts.py b/files/routes/posts.py
index 1cc5ca426..f905b0eeb 100644
--- a/files/routes/posts.py
+++ b/files/routes/posts.py
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ def edit_post(pid, v):
 		p.title_html = title_html
 
 	body = process_files(request.files, v, body)
-	body = body.strip()[:POST_BODY_LENGTH_LIMIT] # process_files() may be adding stuff to the body
+	body = body.strip()[:POST_BODY_LENGTH_LIMIT(v)] # process_files() may be adding stuff to the body
 
 	if body != p.body:
 		body, bets, options, choices = sanitize_poll_options(v, body, False)
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ def submit_post(v:User, sub=None):
 	body, bets, options, choices = sanitize_poll_options(v, body, True)
 
 	body = process_files(request.files, v, body)
-	body = body.strip()[:POST_BODY_LENGTH_LIMIT] # process_files() adds content to the body, so we need to re-strip
+	body = body.strip()[:POST_BODY_LENGTH_LIMIT(v)] # process_files() adds content to the body, so we need to re-strip
 
 	torture = (v.agendaposter and not v.marseyawarded and sub != 'chudrama')
 
diff --git a/files/templates/submission.html b/files/templates/submission.html
index 01d9082b1..ccd328a2f 100644
--- a/files/templates/submission.html
+++ b/files/templates/submission.html
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
 									<input hidden name="formkey" value="{{v|formkey}}">
 									<input hidden name="current_page" value="{{request.path}}">
 									<textarea id="post-edit-title" autocomplete="off" max-length="500" name="title" class="comment-box form-control rounded" required placeholder="title">{{p.title}}</textarea>
-									<textarea autocomplete="off" name="body" {% if v.longpost %}minlength="280"{% endif %} maxlength="{% if v.bird %}140{% else %}20000{% endif %}" data-preview="post-edit-{{p.id}}" data-nonce="{{g.nonce}}" data-oninput="markdown(this);charLimit('post-edit-box-{{p.id}}','charcount-post-edit')" id="post-edit-box-{{p.id}}" form="post-edit-form-{{p.id}}" class="file-ta comment-box form-control rounded" placeholder="Add text to your post..." rows="10" data-id="{{p.id}}">{{p.body}}</textarea>
+									<textarea autocomplete="off" name="body" {% if v.longpost %}minlength="280"{% endif %} maxlength="{% if v.bird %}140{% else %}{{POST_BODY_LENGTH_LIMIT(v)}}{% endif %}" data-preview="post-edit-{{p.id}}" data-nonce="{{g.nonce}}" data-oninput="markdown(this);charLimit('post-edit-box-{{p.id}}','charcount-post-edit')" id="post-edit-box-{{p.id}}" form="post-edit-form-{{p.id}}" class="file-ta comment-box form-control rounded" placeholder="Add text to your post..." rows="10" data-id="{{p.id}}">{{p.body}}</textarea>
 
 									<div class="text-small font-weight-bold mt-1" id="charcount-post-edit" style="right: 1rem; bottom: 0.5rem; z-index: 3;"></div>
 
diff --git a/files/templates/submit.html b/files/templates/submit.html
index 1d1d481eb..c18a18de4 100644
--- a/files/templates/submit.html
+++ b/files/templates/submit.html
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@
 													<small class="form-text text-muted">You can upload images, videos, or audio.</small>
 												</div>
 												</div>
-												<label for="body" class="mt-3">Text<i class="fas fa-info-circle text-gray-400 ml-1" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="top" title="Uses markdown. Limited to 20000 characters."></i></label>
-												<textarea form="submitform" id="post-text" class="file-ta form-control rounded" placeholder="Optional if you have a link or an image." rows="7" name="body" data-preview="preview" data-nonce="{{g.nonce}}" data-oninput="markdown(this);charLimit('post-text','character-count-submit-text-form');checkForRequired();savetext()" {% if v.longpost %}minlength="280"{% endif %} maxlength="{% if v.bird %}140{% else %}20000{% endif %}" required></textarea>
+												<label for="body" class="mt-3">Text<i class="fas fa-info-circle text-gray-400 ml-1" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="top" title="Uses markdown. Limited to {{POST_BODY_LENGTH_LIMIT(v)}} characters."></i></label>
+												<textarea form="submitform" id="post-text" class="file-ta form-control rounded" placeholder="Optional if you have a link or an image." rows="7" name="body" data-preview="preview" data-nonce="{{g.nonce}}" data-oninput="markdown(this);charLimit('post-text','character-count-submit-text-form');checkForRequired();savetext()" {% if v.longpost %}minlength="280"{% endif %} maxlength="{% if v.bird %}140{% else %}{{POST_BODY_LENGTH_LIMIT(v)}}{% endif %}" required></textarea>
 												<div class="ghostdiv" style="display:none;"></div>
 												<div class="text-small font-weight-bold mt-1" id="character-count-submit-text-form" style="right: 1rem; bottom: 0.5rem; z-index: 3;"></div>
 												<p></p>
diff --git a/migrations/20230228-increase-body-max-limit-for-patrons.sql b/migrations/20230228-increase-body-max-limit-for-patrons.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7102c8178
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/20230228-increase-body-max-limit-for-patrons.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+alter table submissions alter column body type varchar(100000);
+alter table submissions alter column body_html type varchar(200000);
diff --git a/schema.sql b/schema.sql
index 3611f2027..1802ad01d 100644
--- a/schema.sql
+++ b/schema.sql
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ CREATE TABLE public.submissions (
     stickied character varying(40),
     title character varying(500) NOT NULL,
     url character varying(2083),
-    body character varying(20000),
-    body_html character varying(40000),
+    body character varying(100000),
+    body_html character varying(200000),
     embed character varying(1500),
     ban_reason character varying(25),
     title_html character varying(1500) NOT NULL,
@@ -2872,4 +2872,3 @@ ALTER TABLE ONLY public.comments
 --
 -- PostgreSQL database dump complete
 --
-