diff --git a/src/plugins/jobcomp/filetxt/jobcomp_filetxt.c b/src/plugins/jobcomp/filetxt/jobcomp_filetxt.c
index 09839ab1f98f3334965506127ae20521e51157e0..345a00f0ba92a4cbd2bb4b5e2aead1204b78e92f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/jobcomp/filetxt/jobcomp_filetxt.c
+++ b/src/plugins/jobcomp/filetxt/jobcomp_filetxt.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ int slurm_jobcomp_log_record ( struct job_record *job_ptr )
 	int rc = SLURM_SUCCESS;
 	char job_rec[512];
 	char usr_str[32], start_str[32], end_str[32], lim_str[32];
-	char select_buf[80];
+	char select_buf[128];
 	size_t offset = 0, tot_size, wrote;
 	enum job_states job_state;