diff --git a/include/lager.hrl b/include/lager.hrl
index 5818228..56d6a22 100644
--- a/include/lager.hrl
+++ b/include/lager.hrl
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
         message
     }).
 
+-define(DEFAULT_TRUNCATION, 4096).
 
 -define(LEVELS,
     [debug, info, notice, warning, error, critical, alert, emergency, none]).
diff --git a/src/error_logger_lager_h.erl b/src/error_logger_lager_h.erl
index cf46eb9..360e1a7 100644
--- a/src/error_logger_lager_h.erl
+++ b/src/error_logger_lager_h.erl
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ handle_event(Event, State) ->
                         [ID, Name, format_reason(Reason)]);
                 _ ->
                     ?CRASH_LOG(Event),
-                    ?LOG(error, Pid, lager:safe_format(Fmt, Args, 4096))
+                    ?LOG(error, Pid, lager:safe_format(Fmt, Args, ?DEFAULT_TRUNCATION))
             end;
         {error_report, _GL, {Pid, std_error, D}} ->
             ?CRASH_LOG(Event),
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@ handle_event(Event, State) ->
             ?CRASH_LOG(Event),
             ?LOG(error, Pid, "CRASH REPORT " ++ format_crash_report(Self, Neighbours));
         {warning_msg, _GL, {Pid, Fmt, Args}} ->
-            ?LOG(warning, Pid, lager:safe_format(Fmt, Args, 4096));
+            ?LOG(warning, Pid, lager:safe_format(Fmt, Args, ?DEFAULT_TRUNCATION));
         {warning_report, _GL, {Pid, std_warning, Report}} ->
             ?LOG(warning, Pid, print_silly_list(Report));
         {info_msg, _GL, {Pid, Fmt, Args}} ->
-            ?LOG(info, Pid, lager:safe_format(Fmt, Args, 4096));
+            ?LOG(info, Pid, lager:safe_format(Fmt, Args, ?DEFAULT_TRUNCATION));
         {info_report, _GL, {Pid, std_info, D}} when is_list(D) ->
             Details = lists:sort(D),
             case Details of
@@ -292,17 +292,17 @@ format_args([H|T], FmtAcc, ArgsAcc) ->
 print_silly_list(L) when is_list(L) ->
     case lager_stdlib:string_p(L) of
         true ->
-            lager_trunc_io:format("~s", [L], 4096);
+            lager_trunc_io:format("~s", [L], ?DEFAULT_TRUNCATION);
         _ ->
             print_silly_list(L, [], [])
     end;
 print_silly_list(L) ->
-    {Str, _} = lager_trunc_io:print(L, 4096),
+    {Str, _} = lager_trunc_io:print(L, ?DEFAULT_TRUNCATION),
     Str.
 
 print_silly_list([], Fmt, Acc) ->
     lager_trunc_io:format(string:join(lists:reverse(Fmt), ", "),
-        lists:reverse(Acc), 4096);
+        lists:reverse(Acc), ?DEFAULT_TRUNCATION);
 print_silly_list([{K,V}|T], Fmt, Acc) ->
     print_silly_list(T, ["~p: ~p" | Fmt], [V, K | Acc]);
 print_silly_list([H|T], Fmt, Acc) ->
diff --git a/src/lager.erl b/src/lager.erl
index 0977507..a3c1554 100644
--- a/src/lager.erl
+++ b/src/lager.erl
@@ -87,16 +87,16 @@ dispatch_log(Severity, Metadata, Format, Args, Size) when is_atom(Severity)->
 %% @doc Manually log a message into lager without using the parse transform.
 -spec log(log_level(), pid() | [tuple(),...], list()) -> ok | {error, lager_not_running}.
 log(Level, Pid, Message) when is_pid(Pid) ->
-    dispatch_log(Level, [{pid,Pid}], Message, [], 4096);
+    dispatch_log(Level, [{pid,Pid}], Message, [], ?DEFAULT_TRUNCATION);
 log(Level, Metadata, Message) when is_list(Metadata) ->
-    dispatch_log(Level, Metadata, Message, [], 4096).
+    dispatch_log(Level, Metadata, Message, [], ?DEFAULT_TRUNCATION).
 
 %% @doc Manually log a message into lager without using the parse transform.
 -spec log(log_level(), pid() | [tuple(),...], string(), list()) -> ok | {error, lager_not_running}.
 log(Level, Pid, Format, Args) when is_pid(Pid) ->
-    dispatch_log(Level, [{pid,Pid}], Format, Args, 4096);
+    dispatch_log(Level, [{pid,Pid}], Format, Args, ?DEFAULT_TRUNCATION);
 log(Level, Metadata, Format, Args) when is_list(Metadata) ->
-    dispatch_log(Level, Metadata, Format, Args, 4096).
+    dispatch_log(Level, Metadata, Format, Args, ?DEFAULT_TRUNCATION).
 
 trace_file(File, Filter) ->
     trace_file(File, Filter, debug).
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ posix_error(Error) when is_atom(Error) ->
         Message -> Message
     end;
 posix_error(Error) ->
-    safe_format_chop("~p", [Error], 4096).
+    safe_format_chop("~p", [Error], ?DEFAULT_TRUNCATION).
 
 %% @private
 get_loglevels() ->
diff --git a/src/lager_transform.erl b/src/lager_transform.erl
index 0825b05..f738c98 100644
--- a/src/lager_transform.erl
+++ b/src/lager_transform.erl
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 %% @private
 parse_transform(AST, Options) ->
-    TruncSize = proplists:get_value(lager_truncation_size, Options, 4096),
+    TruncSize = proplists:get_value(lager_truncation_size, Options, ?DEFAULT_TRUNCATION),
     put(truncation_size, TruncSize),
     walk_ast([], AST).