diff --git a/bin/ircd/src/main.rs b/bin/ircd/src/main.rs
index 0fe88d5a1..1dc260a08 100644
--- a/bin/ircd/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin/ircd/src/main.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ use crate::{
 
 const SIZE_OF_MSGS_BUFFER: usize = 4096;
 pub const MAXIMUM_LENGTH_OF_MESSAGE: usize = 1024;
-pub const MAXIMUM_LENGTH_OF_NICKNAME: usize = 9;
+pub const MAXIMUM_LENGTH_OF_NICKNAME: usize = 32;
 
 struct Ircd {
     // msgs