diff --git a/src/serialization/binary_wml.cpp b/src/serialization/binary_wml.cpp
index d6b4b9e6381..654134eb9da 100644
--- a/src/serialization/binary_wml.cpp
+++ b/src/serialization/binary_wml.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static const unsigned int
 	compress_first_word = 4, compress_end_words = 256;
 static const size_t compress_max_words = compress_end_words - compress_first_word;
 static const size_t max_schema_item_length = 20;
-static const int max_recursion_levels = 100;
+static const int max_recursion_levels = 1000;
 
 static void compress_output_literal_word(std::ostream &out, std::string const &word)
 {
diff --git a/src/serialization/parser.cpp b/src/serialization/parser.cpp
index 47dfd5d65e9..e3b87a78c25 100644
--- a/src/serialization/parser.cpp
+++ b/src/serialization/parser.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #define WRN_CF LOG_STREAM(warn, config)
 #define LOG_CF LOG_STREAM(info, config)
 
-static const size_t max_recursion_levels = 100;
+static const size_t max_recursion_levels = 1000;
 
 namespace {