diff --git a/inc/inc.ClassConversionServiceTextToImage.php b/inc/inc.ClassConversionServiceTextToImage.php
index 6c526c695..56a311ec6 100644
--- a/inc/inc.ClassConversionServiceTextToImage.php
+++ b/inc/inc.ClassConversionServiceTextToImage.php
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ class SeedDMS_ConversionServiceTextToImage extends SeedDMS_ConversionServiceBase
 				$draw->setFontSize($fontSize);
 				$draw->setTextAlignment(Imagick::ALIGN_LEFT);
 
-				$content = file_get_contents($infile);
+				/* Limit the number of characters to 30000 which is roughly 9 pages */
+				$content = file_get_contents($infile, false, null, 0, 30000);
 				$lines = preg_split('~\R~',$content);
 				$boxY = $boxTop;
 				$pagecount = 0;