# Is there a way to stop the extension host from crashing?

I have found my extension host shuts down completely when a keyword is too long. For example a base64 jpeg

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- Posted at: about 7 years ago
- Author title: Front End Developer
- Net upvotes: 1


## Comments
### Comment 1

increasing the amount of ram your application is using allowed to use to accept longer strings of text. This will prevent the extension host from crashing as well as the program in general. 

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- Posted at: over 5 years ago
- Author title: Full Stack Engineer




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