diff --git a/lua/entities/gmod_wire_textscreen.lua b/lua/entities/gmod_wire_textscreen.lua
index 9b01a3ec6a..efeeb440f8 100644
--- a/lua/entities/gmod_wire_textscreen.lua
+++ b/lua/entities/gmod_wire_textscreen.lua
@@ -230,10 +230,9 @@ function ENT:Setup(DefaultText, chrPerLine, textJust, valign, tfont, fgcolor, bg
 	self.chrPerLine = math.Clamp(math.ceil(chrPerLine or 10), 1, 15)
 	self.textJust = textJust or 1
 	self.valign = valign or 0
-	self.tfont = tfont or "Arial"
-	self:SendConfig()
-
+	self.tfont = tfont and string.sub(tfont, 1, 32) or "Arial"
 	self:TriggerInput("String", DefaultText or "")
+	self:SendConfig()
 end
 
 function ENT:TriggerInput(iname, value)
@@ -241,7 +240,7 @@ function ENT:TriggerInput(iname, value)
 		self.text = string.sub(tostring(value), 1, 1024)
 		self.doSendText = true
 	elseif iname == "Font" then
-		self.tfont = tostring(value)
+		self.tfont = string.sub(tostring(value), 1, 32)
 		self.doSendConfig = true
 	elseif iname == "FGColor" then
 		self.fgcolor = Color(value.x, value.y, value.z)
@@ -279,7 +278,7 @@ function ENT:SendConfig(ply)
 
 	self.doSendConfig = false
 
-	local font = string.sub(self.tfont, 0, 31)
+	local font = self.tfont
 	local size = self.chrPerLine
 
 	if not WireLib.CheckFont(font .. math.floor(760 / size), ply) then