diff --git a/lime/text/TextLayout.hx b/lime/text/TextLayout.hx
index 3a9352feb..99376ccc5 100644
--- a/lime/text/TextLayout.hx
+++ b/lime/text/TextLayout.hx
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class TextLayout {
 			
 			if (__buffer == null) {
 				
-				__buffer = Bytes.alloc (1);
+				__buffer = Bytes.alloc (text.length);
 				//__buffer.endian = (System.endianness == BIG_ENDIAN ? "bigEndian" : "littleEndian");
 				
 			}