diff --git a/src/trx-ft8/src/lib.rs b/src/trx-ft8/src/lib.rs
index 9e02d29..278d0b3 100644
--- a/src/trx-ft8/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/trx-ft8/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ const F_MAX_HZ: f32 = 3000.0;
 const TIME_OSR: i32 = 2;
 const FREQ_OSR: i32 = 2;
 
+const FTX_MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH: usize = 35;
+
 #[repr(C)]
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
 struct Ft8DecodeResultRaw {
-    text: [libc::c_char; 64],
+    text: [libc::c_char; FTX_MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH],
     snr_db: c_float,
     dt_s: c_float,
     freq_hz: c_float,
diff --git a/src/trx-server/src/audio.rs b/src/trx-server/src/audio.rs
index d799e0a..f10faab 100644
--- a/src/trx-server/src/audio.rs
+++ b/src/trx-server/src/audio.rs
@@ -694,15 +694,6 @@ pub async fn run_ft8_decoder(
                                         Ok(dur) => dur.as_millis() as i64,
                                         Err(_) => 0,
                                     };
-                                    let base_hz = match &state.status.freq.hz {
-                                        hz => *hz as f32,
-                                    };
-                                    info!(
-                                        "FT8 decode: base_hz={} offset_hz={} msg=\"{}\"",
-                                        base_hz,
-                                        res.freq_hz,
-                                        res.text
-                                    );
                                     let msg = Ft8Message {
                                         ts_ms,
                                         snr_db: res.snr_db,