diff --git a/src/Sproc/Sproc.cpp b/src/Sproc/Sproc.cpp
index db0fdf2..bc32b13 100644
--- a/src/Sproc/Sproc.cpp
+++ b/src/Sproc/Sproc.cpp
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ int Sproc::execute(std::string shell, std::string environment_file, std::string
             close(child_stderr_pipe[WRITE_END]);
 
             // buffers for reading from child fd's
-            char stdout_buf[1000] = {0};
-            char stderr_buf[1000] = {0};
+            char stdout_buf[1] = {0};
+            char stderr_buf[1] = {0};
 
             // will contain a set of file descriptors to monitor representing stdout and stderr of the child process
             fd_set readfds;
diff --git a/test/environments/rex.variables b/test/environments/rex.variables
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab2d82b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/environments/rex.variables
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+
+
+
+
+set -a
+
+echo "variables file says hello and set a variable named TEST_VAR"
+TEST_VAR="999"
+