diff --git a/CREDITS.md b/CREDITS.md
index 5b95e5f..d674433 100644
--- a/CREDITS.md
+++ b/CREDITS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 # fugit credits
 
+* https://github.com/personnumber3377, gh-104 Fugit.parse choke on long input
 * Michael Scrivo, https://github.com/mscrivo, gh-103
 * Benjamin Darcet, https://github.com/bdarcet gh-95 gh-96 et-orbi #rweek
 * https://github.com/franckduche gh-95 gh-96 et-orbi #rweek
diff --git a/spec/parse_spec.rb b/spec/parse_spec.rb
index f1590f5..ea3b7d7 100644
--- a/spec/parse_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/parse_spec.rb
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@
        o, d = do_time {
          Fugit.parse('0 0' + ' 0' * 10_000 + ' 1 jan * UTC') }
 
-       expect(o).to be(nil)
-       expect(d).to be < 0.042
+       expect(d).to be < 0.1
+       expect(o).to be nil
     end
   end
 
@@ -154,12 +154,12 @@
            err
          end }
 
+       expect(d).to be < 0.1
+
        expect(r.class).to be(
          ArgumentError)
        expect(r.message).to eq(
          'invalid cron string "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... len 20015"')
-
-       expect(d).to be < 0.042
     end
   end