--- marshal.c.original	2008-01-10 10:15:40.686838800 -0500
+++ marshal.c	2008-01-10 11:32:01.838654000 -0500
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@
 	if (p->str == NULL)
 		return; /* An error already occurred */
 	size = PyString_Size(p->str);
-	newsize = size + 1024;
+	newsize = size + size + 1024;
+	/* printf("new size %d\n", newsize); */
 	if (_PyString_Resize(&p->str, newsize) != 0) {
 		p->ptr = p->end = NULL;
 	}