diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/gui/ClassicConfigGUI.java b/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/gui/ClassicConfigGUI.java
index 95aec43f5..d73a89321 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/gui/ClassicConfigGUI.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/gui/ClassicConfigGUI.java
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ public class ClassicConfigGUI
 							optionFieldPosX, optionFieldPosZ,
 							ConfigScreenConfigs.OPTION_FIELD_WIDTH - 4, ConfigScreenConfigs.CATEGORY_BUTTON_HEIGHT,
 							Translatable(""));
-					widget.setMaxLength(ConfigScreenConfigs.OPTION_FIELD_WIDTH);
+					widget.setMaxLength(3_000_000); // hopefully 3 million characters should be enough for any normal use-case, lol
 					widget.insertText(String.valueOf(configEntry.get()));
 					
 					Predicate<String> processor = configGuiInfo.tooltipFunction.apply(widget, this.doneButton);
diff --git a/coreSubProjects b/coreSubProjects
index 4a256683a..9e68d1160 160000
--- a/coreSubProjects
+++ b/coreSubProjects
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4a256683ab61501b342b1e13bc3020e7f12c5085
+Subproject commit 9e68d11608c3d062d4dcb3022f11a25cced26e90
diff --git a/forge/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/forge/ForgeClientProxy.java b/forge/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/forge/ForgeClientProxy.java
index 4ae119cb1..cc5895594 100644
--- a/forge/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/forge/ForgeClientProxy.java
+++ b/forge/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/forge/ForgeClientProxy.java
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ public class ForgeClientProxy implements AbstractModInitializer.IEventProxy
 		
 		ClientLevel clientLevel = (ClientLevel) level;
 		IClientLevelWrapper clientLevelWrapper = ClientLevelWrapper.getWrapper(clientLevel, true);
-		// TODO this causes a crash due to level being set to null somewhere
 		ClientApi.INSTANCE.clientLevelLoadEvent(clientLevelWrapper);
 	}
 	@SubscribeEvent