diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/Server.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/Server.coffee
index 15a6282ec6..9bbbff6554 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/Server.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/Server.coffee
@@ -63,8 +63,11 @@ Modules.loadViewIncludes app
 
 
 app.use bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true, limit: "2mb"})
-# Make sure we can process the max doc length plus some overhead for JSON encoding
-app.use bodyParser.json({limit: Settings.max_doc_length + 64 * 1024}) # 64kb overhead
+# Make sure we can process twice the max doc length, to allow for
+# - the doc content
+# - text ranges spanning the whole doc
+# Also allow some overhead for JSON encoding
+app.use bodyParser.json({limit: 2 * Settings.max_doc_length + 64 * 1024}) # 64kb overhead
 app.use methodOverride()
 app.use bearerToken()