diff --git a/files/helpers/const.py b/files/helpers/const.py
index 045adcbeb..8954d6632 100644
--- a/files/helpers/const.py
+++ b/files/helpers/const.py
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ EMOJI_SRCS = ['files/assets/emojis.json']
 
 PIN_LIMIT = 3
 POST_RATE_LIMIT = '1/second;2/minute;10/hour;50/day'
+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
+
 LOGGEDIN_ACTIVE_TIME = 15 * 60
 PFP_DEFAULT_MARSEY = True
 NOTIFICATION_SPAM_AGE_THRESHOLD = 0.5 * 86400
diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index 79a8d531e..89cf58a5a 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -193,13 +193,13 @@ def sanitize_raw_title(sanitized):
 	if not sanitized: return ""
 	sanitized = sanitized.replace('\u200e','').replace('\u200b','').replace("\ufeff", "").replace("\r","").replace("\n", "")
 	sanitized = sanitized.strip()
-	return sanitized[:500] # should really be a constant
+	return sanitized[:POST_TITLE_LENGTH_LIMIT]
 
 def sanitize_raw_body(sanitized):
 	if not sanitized: return ""
 	sanitized = sanitized.replace('\u200e','').replace('\u200b','').replace("\ufeff", "").replace("\r\n", "\n")
 	sanitized = sanitized.strip()
-	return sanitized[:20000] # this also should really be a constant
+	return sanitized[:POST_BODY_LENGTH_LIMIT]
 
 
 @with_sigalrm_timeout(5)
@@ -432,10 +432,10 @@ def filter_emojis_only(title, golden=True, count_marseys=False, graceful=False,
 
 	title = strikethrough_regex.sub(r'\1<del>\2</del>', title)
 
-	title = bleach.clean(title, tags=['img','del','span'], attributes=allowed_attributes_emojis, protocols=['http','https'])
+	title = bleach.clean(title, tags=['img','del','span'], attributes=allowed_attributes_emojis, protocols=['http','https']).replace('\n','').strip()
 
-	if len(title) > 1500 and not graceful: abort(400)
-	else: return title.replace('\n','').strip()
+	if len(title) > POST_TITLE_HTML_LENGTH_LIMIT and not graceful: abort(400)
+	else: return title
 
 def normalize_url(url):
 	url = reddit_domain_regex.sub(r'\1https://old.reddit.com/\3/', url)
diff --git a/files/routes/posts.py b/files/routes/posts.py
index df1583043..40910bf07 100644
--- a/files/routes/posts.py
+++ b/files/routes/posts.py
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ def edit_post(pid, v):
 			g.db.add(v)
 			send_repeatable_notification(CARP_ID, p.permalink)
 
-		if len(body_html) > 40000: return {"error":"Submission body_html too long! (max 40k characters)"}, 400
+		if len(body_html) > POST_BODY_HTML_LENGTH_LIMIT: return {"error":"Submission body_html too long! (max 40k characters)"}, 400
 
 		p.body_html = body_html
 
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ def submit_post(v, sub=None):
 	title_html = filter_emojis_only(title, graceful=True, count_marseys=True, torture=torture)
 	if v.marseyawarded and not marseyaward_title_regex.fullmatch(title_html):
 		return error("You can only type marseys!")
-	if len(title_html) > 1500: 
+	if len(title_html) > POST_TITLE_HTML_LENGTH_LIMIT: 
 		return error("Rendered title is too big!")
 
 	sub = request.values.get("sub", "").lower().replace('/h/','').strip()