diff --git a/src/gui/render_scalers.h b/src/gui/render_scalers.h
index 9f1b1636..9fe6691d 100644
--- a/src/gui/render_scalers.h
+++ b/src/gui/render_scalers.h
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 
 //#include "render.h"
 #include "video.h"
-
-#define SCALER_MAXWIDTH		1024
+//MAXWIDTH: increased it for the large text modi
+#define SCALER_MAXWIDTH		1280 
 #define SCALER_MAXHEIGHT	768
 
 #define SCALER_COMPLEXWIDTH		512
diff --git a/src/ints/int10_modes.cpp b/src/ints/int10_modes.cpp
index c5c9ae17..a5331424 100644
--- a/src/ints/int10_modes.cpp
+++ b/src/ints/int10_modes.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ VideoModeBlock ModeList_VGA[]={
 { 0x012  ,M_EGA    ,640 ,480 ,80 ,30 ,8 ,16 ,1 ,0xA0000 ,0xA000 ,100 ,525 ,80 ,480 ,0	},
 { 0x013  ,M_VGA    ,320 ,200 ,40 ,25 ,8 ,8  ,1 ,0xA0000 ,0x2000 ,100 ,449 ,80 ,400 ,0   },
 
-{ 0x054  ,M_TEXT   ,1056,688, 132,43, 8, 8,  1 ,0xB8000 ,0x4000, 192, 800, 132,688, 0   },
+{ 0x054  ,M_TEXT   ,1056,688, 132,43, 8, 16, 1 ,0xB8000 ,0x4000, 192, 800, 132,688, 0   },
 { 0x055  ,M_TEXT   ,1056,400, 132,25, 8, 16, 1 ,0xB8000 ,0x2000, 192, 449, 132,400, 0   },
 
 { 0x06A  ,M_LIN4   ,800 ,600 ,100,37 ,8 ,16 ,1 ,0xA0000 ,0x10000,128 ,663 ,100,600 ,0	},