diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/core/sync/BasePacket.java b/src/main/java/appeng/core/sync/BasePacket.java
index f8f5172bd..a31d32c1d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/core/sync/BasePacket.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/core/sync/BasePacket.java
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ import appeng.core.sync.network.INetworkInfo;
 import appeng.core.sync.network.NetworkHandler;
 
 public abstract class BasePacket {
+
+    /**
+     * Sadly {@link PacketBuffer#readString()} gets inlined by Proguard which means
+     * it's not available on the Server. This field has the default string length
+     * that is used for writeString, which then also should be used for readString
+     * when it has no special length requirements.
+     */
+    public static final int MAX_STRING_LENGTH = 32767;
+
     private PacketBuffer p;
 
     public void serverPacketData(final INetworkInfo manager, final PlayerEntity player) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/core/sync/packets/ConfigValuePacket.java b/src/main/java/appeng/core/sync/packets/ConfigValuePacket.java
index 1d7fb2ffc..5a3bbca36 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/core/sync/packets/ConfigValuePacket.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/core/sync/packets/ConfigValuePacket.java
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ public class ConfigValuePacket extends BasePacket {
     private final String Value;
 
     public ConfigValuePacket(final PacketBuffer stream) {
-        this.Name = stream.readString();
-        this.Value = stream.readString();
+        this.Name = stream.readString(MAX_STRING_LENGTH);
+        this.Value = stream.readString(MAX_STRING_LENGTH);
     }
 
     // api
diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/recipes/handlers/GrinderRecipeSerializer.java b/src/main/java/appeng/recipes/handlers/GrinderRecipeSerializer.java
index 6b8af2a9e..38d5b8c08 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/recipes/handlers/GrinderRecipeSerializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/recipes/handlers/GrinderRecipeSerializer.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import net.minecraftforge.registries.ForgeRegistryEntry;
 
 import appeng.core.AEConfig;
 import appeng.core.AppEng;
+import appeng.core.sync.BasePacket;
 
 public class GrinderRecipeSerializer extends ForgeRegistryEntry<IRecipeSerializer<?>>
         implements IRecipeSerializer<GrinderRecipe> {
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ public class GrinderRecipeSerializer extends ForgeRegistryEntry<IRecipeSerialize
     @Override
     public GrinderRecipe read(ResourceLocation recipeId, PacketBuffer buffer) {
 
-        String group = buffer.readString();
+        String group = buffer.readString(BasePacket.MAX_STRING_LENGTH);
         Ingredient ingredient = Ingredient.read(buffer);
         int ingredientCount = buffer.readVarInt();
         ItemStack result = buffer.readItemStack();
diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/recipes/handlers/InscriberRecipeSerializer.java b/src/main/java/appeng/recipes/handlers/InscriberRecipeSerializer.java
index aa6529597..f25c0d513 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/recipes/handlers/InscriberRecipeSerializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/recipes/handlers/InscriberRecipeSerializer.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import net.minecraftforge.registries.ForgeRegistryEntry;
 
 import appeng.api.features.InscriberProcessType;
 import appeng.core.AppEng;
+import appeng.core.sync.BasePacket;
 
 public class InscriberRecipeSerializer extends ForgeRegistryEntry<IRecipeSerializer<?>>
         implements IRecipeSerializer<InscriberRecipe> {
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ public class InscriberRecipeSerializer extends ForgeRegistryEntry<IRecipeSeriali
     @Nullable
     @Override
     public InscriberRecipe read(ResourceLocation recipeId, PacketBuffer buffer) {
-        String group = buffer.readString();
+        String group = buffer.readString(BasePacket.MAX_STRING_LENGTH);
         Ingredient middle = Ingredient.read(buffer);
         ItemStack result = buffer.readItemStack();
         Ingredient top = Ingredient.read(buffer);
diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/tile/storage/DriveTileEntity.java b/src/main/java/appeng/tile/storage/DriveTileEntity.java
index ed89864a3..f604ee1d4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/tile/storage/DriveTileEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/tile/storage/DriveTileEntity.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ import appeng.block.storage.DriveSlotsState;
 import appeng.client.render.model.DriveModelData;
 import appeng.container.implementations.DriveContainer;
 import appeng.core.Api;
+import appeng.core.sync.BasePacket;
 import appeng.helpers.IPriorityHost;
 import appeng.me.GridAccessException;
 import appeng.me.helpers.MachineSource;
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ public class DriveTileEntity extends AENetworkInvTileEntity implements IChestOrD
         int uniqueStrCount = data.readByte();
         String[] uniqueStrs = new String[uniqueStrCount];
         for (int i = 0; i < uniqueStrCount; i++) {
-            uniqueStrs[i] = data.readString();
+            uniqueStrs[i] = data.readString(BasePacket.MAX_STRING_LENGTH);
         }
 
         boolean changed = false;