diff --git a/config/rsgain.manifest.in b/config/rsgain.manifest.in
index 3b0909e..8669055 100755
--- a/config/rsgain.manifest.in
+++ b/config/rsgain.manifest.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   <application>
     <windowsSettings>
       <activeCodePage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2019/WindowsSettings">UTF-8</activeCodePage>
+      <longPathAware xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2016/WindowsSettings">true</longPathAware>
     </windowsSettings>
   </application>
 </assembly>
diff --git a/src/easymode.cpp b/src/easymode.cpp
index 179bd7c..6567616 100755
--- a/src/easymode.cpp
+++ b/src/easymode.cpp
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ static void load_preset(const std::filesystem::path &preset)
 
         // Check user directory
 #ifdef _WIN32
-        char buffer[MAX_PATH];
+        char buffer[1024];
         if (GetEnvironmentVariableA("USERPROFILE", buffer, sizeof(buffer)))
             path = join_paths(buffer, "." EXECUTABLE_TITLE, "presets", preset_basename);
 #else