diff --git a/drupal/sites/default/boinc/modules/boinctranslate/boinctranslate.install b/drupal/sites/default/boinc/modules/boinctranslate/boinctranslate.install
index 5582afb457..f07dda4d5c 100644
--- a/drupal/sites/default/boinc/modules/boinctranslate/boinctranslate.install
+++ b/drupal/sites/default/boinc/modules/boinctranslate/boinctranslate.install
@@ -7,6 +7,22 @@
 function boinctranslate_install() {
   // Use schema API to create database table
   //drupal_install_schema('boinctranslate');
+  
+  // Alter the formula field in the languages table to increase length from 128
+  // to 1024 characters (longer formulas were being truncated)
+  $ret = array();
+  db_change_field(
+    $ret,
+    'languages',
+    'formula',
+    'formula',
+    array(
+      'type' => 'varchar',
+      'length' => 1024,
+      'not null' => TRUE,
+      'default' => '',
+    )
+  );
 }
 
 /**
@@ -26,3 +42,12 @@ function boinctranslate_schema() {
   $schema['boinctranslate'] = array();
   return $schema;
 }*/
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of hook_schema_alter().
+ */
+function boinctranslate_schema_alter(&$schema) {
+  // Notify the schema system that the length of languages.formula has been
+  // increased to 1024 (was 128)
+  $schema['languages']['fields']['formula']['length'] = 1024;
+}