diff --git a/tools/git-hooks/pre-commit b/tools/git-hooks/pre-commit
index 58f295e..5a0007b 100755
--- a/tools/git-hooks/pre-commit
+++ b/tools/git-hooks/pre-commit
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ check_file() {
   name=$1
   tmp=$2
 
-  if [  `awk ' { if ( length > x ) { x = length } } END { print x }' $tmp` -gt 120 ]; then
+  if [  `awk ' { if ( length > x ) { x = length } } END { print x }' $tmp` -gt 100 ]; then
     echo "File \"$name\" has lines with more than 120 columns."
     bad=1
   fi