diff --git a/wled00/data/index.js b/wled00/data/index.js
index 5d08a3f8..a1b564ec 100644
--- a/wled00/data/index.js
+++ b/wled00/data/index.js
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ function populateSegments(s)
 				(cfg.comp.segpwr ? segp : '') +
 				`<div class="segin" id="seg${i}in">`+
 					`<input id="seg${i}fx" value="${inst.fx}" type="hidden"/>` + // <!--WLEDMM-->
-					`<input type="text" class="ptxt" id="seg${i}t" autocomplete="off" maxlength=32 value="${inst.n?inst.n:""}" placeholder="Enter name..."/>`+
+					`<input type="text" class="ptxt" id="seg${i}t" autocomplete="off" maxlength=64 value="${inst.n?inst.n:""}" placeholder="Enter name..."/>`+
 					`<table class="infot segt">`+
 					`<tr>`+
 						`<td>${isMSeg?'Start X':'Start LED'}</td>`+
diff --git a/wled00/file.cpp b/wled00/file.cpp
index 5a82bdb3..bb853df9 100644
--- a/wled00/file.cpp
+++ b/wled00/file.cpp
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ bool appendObjectToFile(const char* key, JsonDocument* content, uint32_t s, uint
   if (!f) return false;
 
   if (f.size() < 3) {
-    char init[10];
+    char init[12];
     strcpy_P(init, PSTR("{\"0\":{}}"));
     f.print(init);
   }
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ bool appendObjectToFile(const char* key, JsonDocument* content, uint32_t s, uint
 
 bool writeObjectToFileUsingId(const char* file, uint16_t id, JsonDocument* content)
 {
-  char objKey[10];
+  char objKey[12];
   sprintf(objKey, "\"%d\":", id);
   return writeObjectToFile(file, objKey, content);
 }
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ bool writeObjectToFile(const char* file, const char* key, JsonDocument* content)
 
 bool readObjectFromFileUsingId(const char* file, uint16_t id, JsonDocument* dest)
 {
-  char objKey[10];
+  char objKey[12];
   sprintf(objKey, "\"%d\":", id);
   return readObjectFromFile(file, objKey, dest);
 }
diff --git a/wled00/presets.cpp b/wled00/presets.cpp
index 3e5b4142..b8d121d0 100644
--- a/wled00/presets.cpp
+++ b/wled00/presets.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ static volatile byte presetToApply = 0;
 static volatile byte callModeToApply = 0;
 static volatile byte presetToSave = 0;
 static volatile int8_t saveLedmap = -1;
-static char quickLoad[9];
+static char quickLoad[12]; // WLEDMM 9->12 to prevent crashing with unicode
 static char saveName[33];
 static bool includeBri = true, segBounds = true, selectedOnly = false, playlistSave = false;
 
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ static void doSaveState() {
   // clean up
   saveLedmap   = -1;
   presetToSave = 0;
-  saveName[0]  = '\0';
-  quickLoad[0] = '\0';
+  memset(saveName, '\0', sizeof(saveName));
+  memset(quickLoad,'\0', sizeof(quickLoad));
   playlistSave = false;
 }
 
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ void savePreset(byte index, const char* pname, JsonObject sObj)
 
   presetToSave = index;
   playlistSave = false;
-  if (sObj[F("ql")].is<const char*>()) strlcpy(quickLoad, sObj[F("ql")].as<const char*>(), 9); // client limits QL to 2 chars, buffer for 8 bytes to allow unicode
+  if (sObj[F("ql")].is<const char*>()) strlcpy(quickLoad, sObj[F("ql")].as<const char*>(), sizeof(quickLoad)); // client limits QL to 2 chars, buffer for 12 bytes to allow encoded unicode
 
   if (sObj.size()==0 || sObj["o"].isNull()) { // no "o" means not a playlist or custom API call, saving of state is async (not immediately)
     includeBri   = sObj["ib"].as<bool>() || sObj.size()==0 || index==255; // temporary preset needs brightness
diff --git a/wled00/wled.h b/wled00/wled.h
index 138157a7..1de5d8fd 100644
--- a/wled00/wled.h
+++ b/wled00/wled.h
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 #include "src/dependencies/async-mqtt-client/AsyncMqttClient.h"
 #endif
 
-#define ARDUINOJSON_DECODE_UNICODE 0
+#define ARDUINOJSON_DECODE_UNICODE 1   // WLEDMM enable unicode support -> prevents crashes when user enters unicode strings in webUI
 #include "src/dependencies/json/AsyncJson-v6.h"
 #include "src/dependencies/json/ArduinoJson-v6.h"