diff -r c93dfa4ab904 -r e7c059ac6e54 QTfrontend/ui/page/pageoptions.cpp
--- a/QTfrontend/ui/page/pageoptions.cpp	Mon Sep 30 15:15:28 2019 +0200
+++ b/QTfrontend/ui/page/pageoptions.cpp	Mon Sep 30 16:02:39 2019 +0200
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@
             groupAccount->layout()->addWidget(labelNN, 0, 0);
 
             editNetNick = new QLineEdit(groupAccount);
-            editNetNick->setMaxLength(20);
+            editNetNick->setMaxLength(40);
             editNetNick->setText(QLineEdit::tr("anonymous"));
             groupAccount->layout()->addWidget(editNetNick, 0, 1);