diff --git a/engine/client/cl_tent.c b/engine/client/cl_tent.c
index 1e9c19e9..36ea6003 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_tent.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_tent.c
@@ -1904,7 +1904,7 @@ handle temp-entity messages
 void CL_ParseTempEntity( sizebuf_t *msg )
 {
 	sizebuf_t		buf;
-	byte		pbuf[256];
+	byte		pbuf[2048];
 	int		iSize;
 	int		type, color, count, flags;
 	int		decalIndex, modelIndex, entityIndex;
@@ -1923,6 +1923,10 @@ void CL_ParseTempEntity( sizebuf_t *msg )
 
 	decalIndex = modelIndex = entityIndex = 0;
 
+	// this will probably be fatal anyway
+	if( iSize > sizeof( pbuf ))
+		Con_Printf( S_ERROR "%s: Temp buffer overflow!\n", __FUNCTION__ );
+
 	// parse user message into buffer
 	MSG_ReadBytes( msg, pbuf, iSize );