diff --git a/app/Rules/IsValidAmount.php b/app/Rules/IsValidAmount.php
index e22c4aa911..8a91e64fb5 100644
--- a/app/Rules/IsValidAmount.php
+++ b/app/Rules/IsValidAmount.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class IsValidAmount implements ValidationRule
             return;
         }
 
-        // must be less than 100 million and 1709:
+        // must be less than a large number
         if($this->moreThanLots($value)) {
             $fail('validation.lte.numeric')->translate(['value' => self::BIG_AMOUNT]);
             $message = sprintf('IsValidAmount: "%s" must be more than %s.', $value, self::BIG_AMOUNT);
diff --git a/app/Rules/IsValidPositiveAmount.php b/app/Rules/IsValidPositiveAmount.php
index 3324db8b23..8e6e8d0dd8 100644
--- a/app/Rules/IsValidPositiveAmount.php
+++ b/app/Rules/IsValidPositiveAmount.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class IsValidPositiveAmount implements ValidationRule
 
             return;
         }
-        // must be less than 100 million and 1709:
+        // must be less than a large number
         if($this->moreThanLots($value)) {
             $fail('validation.lte.numeric')->translate(['value' => self::BIG_AMOUNT]);
             $message = sprintf('IsValidPositiveAmount: "%s" must be less than %s.', $value, self::BIG_AMOUNT);
diff --git a/app/Rules/IsValidZeroOrMoreAmount.php b/app/Rules/IsValidZeroOrMoreAmount.php
index 57d194b776..fdc03ff80e 100644
--- a/app/Rules/IsValidZeroOrMoreAmount.php
+++ b/app/Rules/IsValidZeroOrMoreAmount.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class IsValidZeroOrMoreAmount implements ValidationRule
 
             return;
         }
-        // must be less than 100 million and 1709:
+        // must be less than a large number
         if($this->moreThanLots($value)) {
             $fail('validation.lte.numeric')->translate(['value' => self::BIG_AMOUNT]);
             $message = sprintf('IsValidPositiveAmount: "%s" must be less than %s.', $value, self::BIG_AMOUNT);
diff --git a/app/Support/Validation/ValidatesAmountsTrait.php b/app/Support/Validation/ValidatesAmountsTrait.php
index f305c74d5d..9b2a1d9c5e 100644
--- a/app/Support/Validation/ValidatesAmountsTrait.php
+++ b/app/Support/Validation/ValidatesAmountsTrait.php
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Support\Validation;
 
 trait ValidatesAmountsTrait
 {
-    protected const string BIG_AMOUNT = '10000170900';
+    // 19-09-2020: my wedding day lol
+    protected const string BIG_AMOUNT = '10019092020';
 
     final protected function emptyString(string $value): bool
     {