diff --git a/frontend/src/hex/HexView.svelte b/frontend/src/hex/HexView.svelte
index a94ac4088..0e527456c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hex/HexView.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/hex/HexView.svelte
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
   async function getNewData() {
     start = currentPosition;
     end = Math.min(start + $screenHeight, $dataLength);
-    if (length < 1024 * 1024 * 64 && $selectedResource) {
+    if ($dataLength < 1024 * 1024 && $selectedResource) {
       resourceData = await $selectedResource.get_data();
     } else {
       resourceData = null;