diff --git a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/gui/components/JFrameConsole.java b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/gui/components/JFrameConsole.java
index 8bf0502b..3800aec2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/gui/components/JFrameConsole.java
+++ b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/gui/components/JFrameConsole.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class JFrameConsole extends JFrame
 	 */
 	public void setText(String t)
 	{
-		textArea.setText(t);
+		textArea.setText(trim(t));
 		textArea.setCaretPosition(0);
 	}
 	
@@ -73,5 +73,19 @@ public class JFrameConsole extends JFrame
 		return textArea;
 	}
 	
+	public String trim(String s)
+	{
+		int len = s.length();
+		int max = 500_000; //TODO this can be increased to 1,000,000 the lower number was chosen to be safe
+		if(len >= max)
+		{
+			int skipped = len - max;
+			s = s.substring(0, max);
+			s += "\n\rSkipping " + skipped + " chars, allowing " + max;
+		}
+		
+		return s;
+	}
+	
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = -5056940543411437508L;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/plugin/preinstalled/ShowAllStrings.java b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/plugin/preinstalled/ShowAllStrings.java
index 700a351c..cc1f2cc4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/plugin/preinstalled/ShowAllStrings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/plugin/preinstalled/ShowAllStrings.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.BytecodeViewer;
 import the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.api.Plugin;
 import the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.api.PluginConsole;
 
+import javax.swing.*;
+
 import static the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.Constants.*;
 
 /***************************************************************************
@@ -95,8 +97,8 @@ public class ShowAllStrings extends Plugin
                 }
             }
         }
-
-        frame.appendText(sb.toString());
+    
+        frame.setText(sb.toString());
         frame.setVisible(true);
     }
 }
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