diff --git a/nautobot_chatops/__init__.py b/nautobot_chatops/__init__.py
index cce4c62d..782baee0 100644
--- a/nautobot_chatops/__init__.py
+++ b/nautobot_chatops/__init__.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class NautobotChatOpsConfig(PluginConfig):
         # Slack-specific settings
         "slack_api_token": None,  # for example, "xoxb-123456"
         "slack_signing_secret": None,
+        "slack_ephemeral_message_size_limit": 3000,
         # Any prefix that's prepended to all slash-commands for this bot and should be stripped away
         # in order to identify the actual command name to be invoked, eg "/nautobot-"
         "slack_slash_command_prefix": "/",
diff --git a/nautobot_chatops/dispatchers/slack.py b/nautobot_chatops/dispatchers/slack.py
index e011c25c..77147732 100644
--- a/nautobot_chatops/dispatchers/slack.py
+++ b/nautobot_chatops/dispatchers/slack.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 BACKEND_ACTION_BLOCKS = backend_action_sum.labels("slack", "send_blocks")
 BACKEND_ACTION_SNIPPET = backend_action_sum.labels("slack", "send_snippet")
 
-SLACK_MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH = 40000
+SLACK_PRIVATE_MESSAGE_LIMIT = settings.PLUGINS_CONFIG["nautobot_chatops"].get("slack_ephemeral_message_size_limit")
 
 
 class SlackDispatcher(Dispatcher):
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ def send_snippet(self, text, title=None, ephemeral=None):
         try:
             # Check for the length of the file if the setup is meant to be a private message
             if ephemeral:
-                message_list = self.split_message(text, SLACK_MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH)
+                message_list = self.split_message(text, SLACK_PRIVATE_MESSAGE_LIMIT)
                 for msg in message_list:
                     # Send the blocks as a list, this needs to be the case for Slack to send appropriately.
                     self.send_blocks([self.markdown_block(f"```\n{msg}\n```")], ephemeral=ephemeral)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f3e9ec12..95c611d3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "nautobot-chatops"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.7.1"
 description = "A plugin providing chatbot capabilities for Nautobot"
 authors = ["Network to Code, LLC <opensource@networktocode.com>"]
 readme = "README.md"