diff --git a/src/defaults.h b/src/defaults.h
index 3115751..c34e4be 100644
--- a/src/defaults.h
+++ b/src/defaults.h
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 static const int MAXLEN = 1024;
 
 /* Total number of characters in all shared network names */
-static const int SHARED_NETWORKS_NAMES = 24576;
+static const int SHARED_NETWORKS_NAMES = 65536;
 
 /* Maximum number of shared networks */
-static const int SHARED_NETWORKS = 1024;
+static const int SHARED_NETWORKS = 8192;
 
 /* Maximum number of ranges */
 static const unsigned int RANGES = 65536;
diff --git a/src/getdata.c b/src/getdata.c
index c25d87e..c57d2c7 100644
--- a/src/getdata.c
+++ b/src/getdata.c
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ char *parse_config(int is_include, char *config_file,
 				num_ranges++;
 				if (RANGES < num_ranges) {
 					errx(EXIT_FAILURE,
-					     "parse_config: Range space full! Increase RANGES and recompile.");
+					     "parse_config: increase default.h RANGES and recompile.");
 				}
 				newclause = true;
 				break;
@@ -427,8 +427,15 @@ char *parse_config(int is_include, char *config_file,
 					 * away by reallocationg
 					 * more space. */
 					errx(EXIT_FAILURE,
-					     "parse_config: End of shared-network space, increase SHARED_NETWORKS_NAMES and recompile");
+					     "parse_config: increase default.h SHARED_NETWORKS_NAMES and recompile");
 				}
+				if (SHARED_NETWORKS < num_shared_networks) {
+					/* FIXME: make this go
+					 * away by reallocationg
+					 * more space. */
+					errx(EXIT_FAILURE,
+					     "parse_config: increase default.h SHARED_NETWORKS and recompile");
+                                }
 				argument = 0;
 				braces_shared = braces;
 				break;