diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/PagedRepresentation.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/PagedRepresentation.java
index 7c1ebf86..d60fbb15 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/PagedRepresentation.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/PagedRepresentation.java
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ public class PagedRepresentation extends CharacterRepresentation {
 
     @Override
     public Reader getReader() throws IOException {
-        StringWriter writer = new StringWriter((int)fileRepresentation.getSize()+100);
+        int estimatedSize = (Math.abs(lineCount) * 128) + 500; 
+        StringWriter writer = new StringWriter(estimatedSize);
         write(writer); 
         return new StringReader(writer.toString());
     }