diff --git a/examples/COUPLE/simple/simple.f90 b/examples/COUPLE/simple/simple.f90
index 3aafbee01b..d9505fff4d 100644
--- a/examples/COUPLE/simple/simple.f90
+++ b/examples/COUPLE/simple/simple.f90
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ PROGRAM f_driver
   REAL (kind=8), ALLOCATABLE :: x(:)
   REAL (kind=8), PARAMETER   :: epsilon=0.1
 
-  CHARACTER (len=64)   :: arg
+  CHARACTER (len=1024) :: arg
   CHARACTER (len=1024) :: line
 
   ! setup MPI and various communicators
diff --git a/fortran/lammps.f90 b/fortran/lammps.f90
index ba3997ac8e..28e40bca44 100644
--- a/fortran/lammps.f90
+++ b/fortran/lammps.f90
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 !   University of Missouri, 2012-2020
 !
 ! Contributing authors:
-!  - Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey@gmail.com>, Temple University, 2020-2022
+!  - Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey@gmail.com>, Temple University, 2020-2023
 !  - Karl D. Hammond <hammondkd@missouri.edu>, University of Missouri, 2022
 !
 ! The Fortran module tries to follow the API of the C library interface