diff --git a/src/app/services/instances-info.service.ts b/src/app/services/instances-info.service.ts
index b4a2ece5..7f22b5c0 100644
--- a/src/app/services/instances-info.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/instances-info.service.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ export class InstancesInfoService {
                         const instanceV1 = <Instancev1>instance;
                         if (instanceV1 && instanceV1.max_toot_chars)
                             return instanceV1.max_toot_chars;
+                        if(instanceV1 && instanceV1.configuration && instanceV1.configuration.statuses && instanceV1.configuration.statuses.max_characters)
+                            return instanceV1.configuration.statuses.max_characters;
                     }
 
                     return this.defaultMaxChars;
diff --git a/src/app/services/models/mastodon.interfaces.ts b/src/app/services/models/mastodon.interfaces.ts
index 492eede7..822a397e 100644
--- a/src/app/services/models/mastodon.interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/models/mastodon.interfaces.ts
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ export interface Instancev1 extends Instance {
     urls: InstanceUrls;
     contact_account: Account;
     max_toot_chars: number;
+    configuration: Instancev2Configuration;
 }
 
 export interface Instancev2 extends Instance {