diff --git a/POLocalizedString/MOParser.m b/POLocalizedString/MOParser.m
index 9a380eb..cf1f3b0 100644
--- a/POLocalizedString/MOParser.m
+++ b/POLocalizedString/MOParser.m
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ + (nullable Gettext *)loadFile:(NSString *)path {
 		}
 		
 		// allocate or reallocate string buffer if necessary
-		newbufsize = MAX(256, MAX(translations[i].length, originals[i].length));
+		newbufsize = MAX(256, MAX(translations[i].length, originals[i].length)) + 1;
 		if(bufsize < newbufsize) {
             
 			bufsize = newbufsize;