diff --git a/c_src/script.c b/c_src/script.c
index 758c13b..6172249 100644
--- a/c_src/script.c
+++ b/c_src/script.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ void render_text( char* p_text, unsigned int size, NVGcontext* p_ctx )
   int        nrows, i;
 
   // up to this code to break the lines...
-  while ((nrows = nvgTextBreakLines(p_ctx, start, end, 1000, rows, 3)))
+  while ((nrows = nvgTextBreakLines(p_ctx, start, end, 9999, rows, 3)))
   {
     for (i = 0; i < nrows; i++)
     {