diff --git a/core/models/troggle.py b/core/models/troggle.py
index 84d15f6..886bcf5 100644
--- a/core/models/troggle.py
+++ b/core/models/troggle.py
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ class DataIssue(TroggleModel):
 
     date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, blank=True)
     parser = models.CharField(max_length=50, blank=True, null=True)
-    message = models.CharField(max_length=800, blank=True, null=True)
+    # message = models.CharField(max_length=800, blank=True, null=True) # causes extremely obscure error message
+    message = models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)
     url = models.CharField(max_length=300, blank=True, null=True)  # link to offending object
 
     class Meta: