diff --git a/resources/lib/playlists.py b/resources/lib/playlists.py
index 0d71e442..6f71b14c 100644
--- a/resources/lib/playlists.py
+++ b/resources/lib/playlists.py
@@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ def create_kodi_playlist(plex_id=None, updated_at=None):
         if not occurance:
             path = os.path.join(v.PLAYLIST_PATH,
                                 playlist.type,
-                                '%s_01.m3u' % name[:min(len(name), 247)])
+                                '%s_01.m3u' % name[:min(len(name), 248)])
         else:
             occurance = int(occurance.group(1)) + 1
             path = os.path.join(v.PLAYLIST_PATH,
                                 playlist.type,
-                                '%s_%02d.m3u' % (name[:min(len(name), 247)],
+                                '%s_%02d.m3u' % (name[:min(len(name), 248)],
                                                  occurance))
     LOG.debug('Kodi playlist path: %s', path)
     playlist.kodi_path = path
diff --git a/resources/lib/utils.py b/resources/lib/utils.py
index 1a89a9ae..6e35c429 100644
--- a/resources/lib/utils.py
+++ b/resources/lib/utils.py
@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@ def valid_filename(text):
         text = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', text)
         text = text.encode('ascii', 'ignore')
         text = text.decode('ascii')
-    # Ensure that filename length is at most 255 chars (including 4 chars for
+    # Ensure that filename length is at most 255 chars (including 3 chars for
     # filename extension and 1 dot to separate the extension)
-    text = text[:min(len(text), 250)]
+    text = text[:min(len(text), 251)]
     return text