1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js
index 47e189251..46c52d9e4 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import ImmutablePureComponent from 'react-immutable-pure-component';
 import { length } from 'stringz';
 import { countableText } from '../util/counter';
 import Icon from 'mastodon/components/icon';
+import { maxChars } from '../../../initial_state';
 
 const allowedAroundShortCode = '><\u0085\u0020\u00a0\u1680\u2000\u2001\u2002\u2003\u2004\u2005\u2006\u2007\u2008\u2009\u200a\u202f\u205f\u3000\u2028\u2029\u0009\u000a\u000b\u000c\u000d';
 
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     const { isSubmitting, isChangingUpload, isUploading, anyMedia } = this.props;
     const fulltext = [this.props.spoilerText, countableText(this.props.text)].join('');
 
-    if (isSubmitting || isUploading || isChangingUpload || length(fulltext) > 500 || (fulltext.length !== 0 && fulltext.trim().length === 0 && !anyMedia)) {
+    if (isSubmitting || isUploading || isChangingUpload || length(fulltext) > maxChars || (fulltext.length !== 0 && fulltext.trim().length === 0 && !anyMedia)) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     const { intl, onPaste, showSearch, anyMedia } = this.props;
     const disabled = this.props.isSubmitting;
     const text     = [this.props.spoilerText, countableText(this.props.text)].join('');
-    const disabledButton = disabled || this.props.isUploading || this.props.isChangingUpload || length(text) > 500 || (text.length !== 0 && text.trim().length === 0 && !anyMedia);
+    const disabledButton = disabled || this.props.isUploading || this.props.isChangingUpload || length(text) > maxChars || (text.length !== 0 && text.trim().length === 0 && !anyMedia);
     let publishText = '';
 
     if (this.props.privacy === 'private' || this.props.privacy === 'direct') {
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
             <PrivacyDropdownContainer />
             <SpoilerButtonContainer />
           </div>
-          <div className='character-counter__wrapper'><CharacterCounter max={500} text={text} /></div>
+          <div className='character-counter__wrapper'><CharacterCounter max={maxChars} text={text} /></div>
         </div>
 
         <div className='compose-form__publish'>