diff --git a/admin/sync/exercice_keys.go b/admin/sync/exercice_keys.go
index b61658e0..2bafab41 100644
--- a/admin/sync/exercice_keys.go
+++ b/admin/sync/exercice_keys.go
@@ -127,10 +127,6 @@ func buildLabelFlag(exercice *fic.Exercice, flag ExerciceFlag, flagline int, exc
 		errs = append(errs, NewFlagError(exercice, &flag, flagline, fmt.Errorf("choices cannot be defined.")))
 	}
 
-	if len(flag.Label) > 255 {
-		errs = append(errs, NewFlagError(exercice, &flag, flagline, fmt.Errorf("label is too long (max 255 chars per label).")))
-	}
-
 	f = &fic.FlagLabel{
 		Order:   int8(flagline),
 		Label:   flag.Label,
@@ -171,6 +167,10 @@ func buildKeyFlag(exercice *fic.Exercice, flag ExerciceFlag, flagline int, defau
 	}
 	flag.Label = prep + flag.Label
 
+	if len(flag.Label) > 255 {
+		errs = append(errs, NewFlagError(exercice, &flag, flagline, fmt.Errorf("label is too long (max 255 chars per label).")))
+	}
+
 	if (flag.Type == "text" && !isFullGraphic(strings.Replace(raw, "\n", "", -1))) || (flag.Type != "text" && !isFullGraphic(raw)) {
 		errs = append(errs, NewFlagError(exercice, &flag, flagline, fmt.Errorf("WARNING non-printable characters in flag, is this really expected?")))
 	}
diff --git a/libfic/db.go b/libfic/db.go
index e750cbbe..8eb3de41 100644
--- a/libfic/db.go
+++ b/libfic/db.go
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS exercice_flag_labels(
   id_label INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
   id_exercice INTEGER NOT NULL,
   ordre TINYINT NOT NULL,
-  label VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+  label TEXT NOT NULL,
   variant VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
   FOREIGN KEY(id_exercice) REFERENCES exercices(id_exercice)
 ) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET = utf8mb4 COLLATE = utf8mb4_unicode_ci;