diff --git a/src/Backends/REFPROP/REFPROPMixtureBackend.cpp b/src/Backends/REFPROP/REFPROPMixtureBackend.cpp
index 8669de02..fa4e1f4d 100644
--- a/src/Backends/REFPROP/REFPROPMixtureBackend.cpp
+++ b/src/Backends/REFPROP/REFPROPMixtureBackend.cpp
@@ -291,8 +291,8 @@ bool load_REFPROP()
             throw CoolProp::AttributeError("There was an error setting the REFPROP function pointers, check types and names in header file.");
             return false;
         }
-		char rpv[255];
-		RPVersion(rpv, 255);
+		char rpv[1000];
+		RPVersion(rpv, 1000);
 		RPVersion_loaded = rpv;
         return true;
     }