diff --git a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/mixin/ChatHudMixin.java b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/mixin/ChatHudMixin.java
index 19aa45dbea..77f38556ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/mixin/ChatHudMixin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/mixin/ChatHudMixin.java
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Shadow;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Unique;
-import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
-import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
-import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Slice;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.*;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.LocalCapture;
 
@@ -118,14 +116,12 @@ private void onAddMessage(Text message, @Nullable MessageSignatureData signature
         }
     }
 
-    @ModifyExpressionValue(method = "addMessage(Lnet/minecraft/text/Text;Lnet/minecraft/network/message/MessageSignatureData;ILnet/minecraft/client/gui/hud/MessageIndicator;Z)V",
-        slice = @Slice(from = @At(value = "FIELD", target = "Lnet/minecraft/client/gui/hud/ChatHud;visibleMessages:Ljava/util/List;")), at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Ljava/util/List;size()I"))
-    private int addMessageListSizeProxy(int size) {
-        if (Modules.get() == null) return size;
+    //modify max lengths for messages and visible messages
+    @ModifyConstant(method = "addMessage(Lnet/minecraft/text/Text;Lnet/minecraft/network/message/MessageSignatureData;ILnet/minecraft/client/gui/hud/MessageIndicator;Z)V", constant = @Constant(intValue = 100))
+    private int maxLength(int size) {
+        if (Modules.get() == null || !getBetterChat().isLongerChat()) return size;
 
-        BetterChat betterChat = getBetterChat();
-        if (betterChat.isLongerChat() && betterChat.getChatLength() >= 100) return size - betterChat.getChatLength();
-        return size;
+        return size + betterChat.getExtraChatLines();
     }
 
     // Player Heads
@@ -163,10 +159,10 @@ private void onBreakChatMessageLines(Text message, MessageSignatureData signatur
     private void onRemoveMessage(Text message, MessageSignatureData signature, int ticks, MessageIndicator indicator, boolean refresh, CallbackInfo ci) {
         if (Modules.get() == null) return;
 
-        BetterChat betterChat = getBetterChat();
-        int size = betterChat.lines.size() - (betterChat.isLongerChat() && betterChat.getChatLength() >= 100 ? betterChat.getChatLength() : 0);
+        int extra = getBetterChat().isLongerChat() ? getBetterChat().getExtraChatLines() : 0;
+        int size = betterChat.lines.size();
 
-        while (size > 100) {
+        while (size > 100 + extra) {
             betterChat.lines.removeInt(size - 1);
             size--;
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/systems/modules/misc/BetterChat.java b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/systems/modules/misc/BetterChat.java
index 28ceaf0c5c..14c6889448 100644
--- a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/systems/modules/misc/BetterChat.java
+++ b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/systems/modules/misc/BetterChat.java
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ public class BetterChat extends Module {
         .name("extra-lines")
         .description("The amount of extra chat lines.")
         .defaultValue(1000)
-        .min(100)
-        .sliderRange(100, 1000)
+        .min(0)
+        .sliderRange(0, 1000)
         .visible(longerChatHistory::get)
         .build()
     );
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ public boolean isLongerChat() {
 
     public boolean keepHistory() { return isActive() && keepHistory.get(); }
 
-    public int getChatLength() {
+    public int getExtraChatLines() {
         return longerChatLines.get();
     }
 }