1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js
index ba2d20cc7..9d8732a8c 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';
 
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     const fulltext = this.getFulltextForCharacterCounting();
     const isOnlyWhitespace = fulltext.length !== 0 && fulltext.trim().length === 0;
 
-    return !(isSubmitting || isUploading || isChangingUpload || length(fulltext) > 500 || (isOnlyWhitespace && !anyMedia));
+    return !(isSubmitting || isUploading || isChangingUpload || length(fulltext) > maxChars || (isOnlyWhitespace && !anyMedia));
   }
 
   handleSubmit = () => {
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
             <PrivacyDropdownContainer />
             <SpoilerButtonContainer />
           </div>
-          <div className='character-counter__wrapper'><CharacterCounter max={500} text={this.getFulltextForCharacterCounting()} /></div>
+          <div className='character-counter__wrapper'><CharacterCounter max={maxChars} text={this.getFulltextForCharacterCounting()} /></div>
         </div>
 
         <div className='compose-form__publish'>