diff --git a/backend/coreapp/migrations/0012_alter_scratch_name.py b/backend/coreapp/migrations/0012_alter_scratch_name.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e7fa961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/coreapp/migrations/0012_alter_scratch_name.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.4 on 2021-12-30 16:26
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('coreapp', '0011_alter_scratch_diff_label'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='scratch',
+            name='name',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, default='', max_length=512),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/backend/coreapp/models.py b/backend/coreapp/models.py
index 3683e70e..33b97ad8 100644
--- a/backend/coreapp/models.py
+++ b/backend/coreapp/models.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class Assembly(models.Model):
 
 class Scratch(models.Model):
     slug = models.SlugField(primary_key=True, default=gen_scratch_id)
-    name = models.CharField(max_length=100, default="", blank=True)
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=512, default="", blank=True)
     description = models.TextField(max_length=5000, default="", blank=True)
     creation_time = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
     last_updated = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)