diff --git a/nip19.ts b/nip19.ts
index f90e22c..ef92eb6 100644
--- a/nip19.ts
+++ b/nip19.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export function decode(nip19: string): {
   type: string
   data: ProfilePointer | EventPointer | string
 } {
-  let {prefix, words} = bech32.decode(nip19, 1000)
+  let {prefix, words} = bech32.decode(nip19, 1500)
   let data = new Uint8Array(bech32.fromWords(words))
 
   if (prefix === 'nprofile') {
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export function noteEncode(hex: string): string {
 function encodeBytes(prefix: string, hex: string): string {
   let data = secp256k1.utils.hexToBytes(hex)
   let words = bech32.toWords(data)
-  return bech32.encode(prefix, words, 1000)
+  return bech32.encode(prefix, words, 1500)
 }
 
 export function nprofileEncode(profile: ProfilePointer): string {
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export function nprofileEncode(profile: ProfilePointer): string {
     1: (profile.relays || []).map(url => utf8Encoder.encode(url))
   })
   let words = bech32.toWords(data)
-  return bech32.encode('nprofile', words, 1000)
+  return bech32.encode('nprofile', words, 1500)
 }
 
 export function neventEncode(event: EventPointer): string {
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export function neventEncode(event: EventPointer): string {
     1: (event.relays || []).map(url => utf8Encoder.encode(url))
   })
   let words = bech32.toWords(data)
-  return bech32.encode('nevent', words, 1000)
+  return bech32.encode('nevent', words, 1500)
 }
 
 function encodeTLV(tlv: TLV): Uint8Array {