diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaCrawlWorker.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaCrawlWorker.java
index cb8952e85..b70ab629f 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaCrawlWorker.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaCrawlWorker.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ import de.anomic.http.httpHeader;
 import de.anomic.http.httpRemoteProxyConfig;
 import de.anomic.http.httpc;
 import de.anomic.http.httpdProxyHandler;
-import de.anomic.plasma.plasmaHTCache.Entry;
+import de.anomic.server.serverSystem;
 import de.anomic.server.logging.serverLog;
 import de.anomic.tools.bitfield;
 import de.anomic.yacy.yacyCore;
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ public final class plasmaCrawlWorker extends Thread {
                 //long contentLength = res.responseHeader.contentLength();
 
                 htCache = cacheManager.newEntry(requestDate, depth, url, name, requestHeader, res.status, res.responseHeader, initiator, profile);
-                if (htCache.cacheFile.getAbsolutePath().length() > Entry.MAXPATHLENGTH) {
+                if (htCache.cacheFile.getAbsolutePath().length() > serverSystem.maxPathLength()) {
                     remote.close();
                     log.logInfo("REJECTED URL " + url.toString() + " because path too long '" +
                                 cacheManager.cachePath.getAbsolutePath() + "'");
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaHTCache.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaHTCache.java
index 038a58649..200d31a42 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaHTCache.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaHTCache.java
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ import de.anomic.kelondro.kelondroMScoreCluster;
 import de.anomic.kelondro.kelondroMap;
 import de.anomic.server.serverFileUtils;
 import de.anomic.server.serverInstantThread;
+import de.anomic.server.serverSystem;
 import de.anomic.server.logging.serverLog;
 import de.anomic.server.serverDate;
 import de.anomic.tools.enumerateFiles;
@@ -604,8 +605,6 @@ public final class plasmaHTCache {
 
     public final class Entry {
 
-    public static final int MAXPATHLENGTH = 255;
-
     // the class objects
     public Date                     initDate;       // the date when the request happened; will be used as a key
     public int                      depth;          // the depth of prefetching
@@ -743,7 +742,7 @@ public final class plasmaHTCache {
         // we cannot match that here in the cache file path and therefore omit writing into the cache
         if (this.cacheFile.getParentFile().isFile() || this.cacheFile.isDirectory()) { return "path_ambiguous"; }
         if (this.cacheFile.toString().indexOf("..") >= 0) { return "path_dangerous"; }
-        if (this.cacheFile.getAbsolutePath().length() > MAXPATHLENGTH) { return "path too long"; }
+        if (this.cacheFile.getAbsolutePath().length() > serverSystem.maxPathLength()) { return "path too long"; }
 
         // -CGI access in request
         // CGI access makes the page very individual, and therefore not usable in caches
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/server/serverSystem.java b/source/de/anomic/server/serverSystem.java
index 0eb680d0f..6bc002512 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/server/serverSystem.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/server/serverSystem.java
@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ public final class serverSystem {
 	}
     }
 
+    public static boolean isWindows() {
+        return systemOS == systemWindows;
+    }
+    
+    public static int maxPathLength() {
+        if (systemOS == systemWindows) return 255;
+        return 65535;
+    }
+    
     public static Object getMacOSTS(String s) {
 	if ((isMacArchitecture) && (macMRJFileUtils != null)) try {
 	    if ((s == null) || (s.equals(blankTypeString))) return macMRJOSNullObj;