--- a/fixbot/api.py	Wed Sep 17 21:10:10 2008 +0300
+++ b/fixbot/api.py	Thu Feb 04 17:53:54 2010 +0200
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
         self._assert(self.module, "module_event with None self.module!")
 
         event_type = i.readEnum(self.module.event_types)
-        event_msg = i.readVarLen('B')
+        event_msg = i.readVarLen('H')
         
         e = Event(self.module, event_type, event_msg)
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
     def sendEvent (self, event) :
         o = self.startCommand('module_event')
         o.writeEnum(self.factory.event_types, event.type)
-        o.writeVarLen('B', event.msg)
+        o.writeVarLen('H', event.msg[:2**16])
 
         self.send(o)