diff --git a/gosu-lab/src/main/java/editor/BatchDocument.java b/gosu-lab/src/main/java/editor/BatchDocument.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/gosu-lab/src/main/java/editor/BatchDocument.java
+++ b/gosu-lab/src/main/java/editor/BatchDocument.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class BatchDocument extends DefaultStyledDocument
     synchronized( _batch )
     {
       _batch.addAll( getElementsForString( str, a ) );
-      while( _batch.size() > 2000 )
+      while( _batch.size() > 100 * 1024 )
       {
         _batch.remove( 0 );
       }
increase output buffer size regulator from 2k to <I>k e.g., should be able to run simple loop to print 1 - <I> and see all <I> in the console