diff --git a/server/gitea/client.go b/server/gitea/client.go
index 4ca3b90..e77e26e 100644
--- a/server/gitea/client.go
+++ b/server/gitea/client.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const (
 
 	// pages server
 	PagesCacheIndicatorHeader = "X-Pages-Cache"
+	symlinkReadLimit          = 10000
 
 	// gitea
 	giteaObjectTypeHeader = "X-Gitea-Object-Type"
@@ -128,9 +129,9 @@ func (client *Client) ServeRawContent(targetOwner, targetRepo, ref, resource str
 				objType := resp.Header.Get(giteaObjectTypeHeader)
 				log.Trace().Msgf("server raw content object %q", objType)
 				if client.followSymlinks && objType == objTypeSymlink {
-					// limit to 1000 chars
 					defer reader.Close()
-					linkDestBytes, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(reader, 10000))
+					// read limited chars for symlink
+					linkDestBytes, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(reader, symlinkReadLimit))
 					if err != nil {
 						return nil, nil, http.StatusInternalServerError, err
 					}