diff --git a/src/formisc.c b/src/formisc.c

index 5c2869d..54fd013 100644

--- a/src/formisc.c

+++ b/src/formisc.c

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ void loadsaved(sp)const struct saved*const sp;	     /* load some saved text */

 }

 							    /* append to buf */

 void loadbuf(text,len)const char*const text;const size_t len;

-{ if(buffilled+len>buflen)			  /* buf can't hold the text */

+{ while(buffilled+len>buflen)			  /* buf can't hold the text */

      buf=realloc(buf,buflen+=Bsize);

   tmemmove(buf+buffilled,text,len);buffilled+=len;

 }