diff --git a/dirlisting.c b/dirlisting.c
index 7c16a65..32c3ec0 100644
--- a/dirlisting.c
+++ b/dirlisting.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ char* gen_html(const char *url, struct Entry *entries, size_t numentries) {
   char fullpath[PATH_MAX];
 
   // allocate a buffer for the result string
-  allocated = 64 * numentries + strlen(HEADER1 HEADER2 FOOTER) + 4096;
+  allocated = strlen(HEADER1 HEADER2 FOOTER) + 64 * numentries + 4096;
   LOG(LVL_DEBUG, "initially allocating result string - size: %lu bytes", allocated * sizeof(char));
   result = malloc(allocated * sizeof(char));
   result[0] = '\0';
@@ -119,6 +119,21 @@ char* gen_html(const char *url, struct Entry *entries, size_t numentries) {
     if(!(entries[i].flags & FLG_ISDIR))
       continue;
 
+    size_t entrylen = 32 + 2 * strlen(entries[i].name);
+    size_t resultlen = strlen(result);
+
+    if(allocated < resultlen + entrylen) {
+      allocated *= 2;
+      LOG(LVL_DEBUG, "reallocating result string (subdirs) - new size: %lu bytes", allocated * sizeof(char));
+      char *tmpresult = realloc(result, allocated * sizeof(char));
+      if(!tmpresult) {
+        LOG(LVL_ERR, "realloc failed for result string: %s", strerror(errno));
+        break;
+      }
+
+      result = tmpresult;
+    }
+
     if(isrootdir) {
       sprintf(buf, "<li><a href=\"/%s/\">%s/</a></li>\n",
           entries[i].name, entries[i].name);
@@ -137,16 +152,16 @@ char* gen_html(const char *url, struct Entry *entries, size_t numentries) {
 
   // here the listing entries are generated
   for(i = 0; i < numentries; i++) {
-    size_t entrylen = 32 + 2 * strlen(entries[i].name);
-    size_t resultlen = strlen(result);
-
     // skip all directories
     if(entries[i].flags & FLG_ISDIR)
       continue;
 
+    size_t entrylen = 64 + 2 * strlen(entries[i].name);
+    size_t resultlen = strlen(result);
+
     if(allocated < resultlen + entrylen) {
       allocated *= 2;
-      LOG(LVL_DEBUG, "reallocating result string - new size: %lu bytes", allocated * sizeof(char));
+      LOG(LVL_DEBUG, "reallocating result string (files) - new size: %lu bytes", allocated * sizeof(char));
       char *tmpresult = realloc(result, allocated * sizeof(char));
       if(!tmpresult) {
         LOG(LVL_ERR, "realloc failed for result string: %s", strerror(errno));