diff --git a/include/openspace/util/syncbuffer.inl b/include/openspace/util/syncbuffer.inl
index 0ea2ab3d61..99860e7bdc 100644
--- a/include/openspace/util/syncbuffer.inl
+++ b/include/openspace/util/syncbuffer.inl
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ namespace openspace {
 template <typename T>
 void SyncBuffer::encode(const T& v) {
     const size_t size = sizeof(T);
-    ghoul_assert(_encodeOffset + size < _n, "");
+
+    size_t anticpatedBufferSize = _encodeOffset + size;
+    if (anticpatedBufferSize >= _n) {
+        _dataStream.resize(anticpatedBufferSize);
+    }
 
     memcpy(_dataStream.data() + _encodeOffset, &v, size);
     _encodeOffset += size;
diff --git a/src/util/syncbuffer.cpp b/src/util/syncbuffer.cpp
index f89204c542..b74446c3d0 100644
--- a/src/util/syncbuffer.cpp
+++ b/src/util/syncbuffer.cpp
@@ -35,9 +35,13 @@ SyncBuffer::SyncBuffer(size_t n)
 SyncBuffer::~SyncBuffer() {} // NOLINT
 
 void SyncBuffer::encode(const std::string& s) {
-    ghoul_assert(_encodeOffset + sizeof(char) * s.size() + sizeof(int32_t) < _n, "");
+    int32_t anticpatedBufferSize = _encodeOffset + (sizeof(char) * s.size())
+        + sizeof(int32_t);
+    if (anticpatedBufferSize >= _n) {
+        _dataStream.resize(anticpatedBufferSize);
+    }
 
-    int32_t length = static_cast<int32_t>(s.length());
+    int32_t length = static_cast<int32_t>(s.size() * sizeof(char));
     memcpy(
         _dataStream.data() + _encodeOffset,
         reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&length),