diff --git a/count_characters.lua b/count_characters.lua
index dd88908..774dcb7 100755
--- a/count_characters.lua
+++ b/count_characters.lua
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 package.path = (arg[0]:match("@?(.*/)") or arg[0]:match("@?(.*\\)")) .. "lib" .. package.config:sub(1, 1) .. "?.lua;" .. package.path
 local utility = require "utility"
 
-local maximum_bytes = 40000
+local config = utility.get_config("read-only")
+if not config.llm_covers then config.llm_covers = {} end
+if not config.llm_covers.maximum_bytes then config.llm_covers.maximum_bytes = 40000 end
 
 local read_all = function(file_name)
   return utility.open(file_name, "r", function(file)
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ for _, path in ipairs{ ".", "extracted_texts", } do
     local path, name, extension = utility.split_path_components(file_name)
     local text = read_all(file_name)
 
-    print(math.floor(#text/maximum_bytes + 1), math.floor(#text/1000) .. "k", name)
+    print(math.floor(#text/config.llm_covers.maximum_bytes + 1), math.floor(#text/1000) .. "k", name)
   end)
   print("Press enter.")
   io.read("*line")