diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1ef11bcd..849a743f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Fork of the ultrasm64 repo by CrashOveride which includes the following commonly
 - Widescreen (16:9) support toggleable by pressing `L` in the pause menu.
   - If you don't want this, you can disable it by removing `#define wide` in `ingame_menu.c`
 - Removed course-specific camera processing
+- Increased maximum pole lenght (The game will read bparam1 and bparam2 together as a single value, so you can have a Snake Eater pole)
 
 It also uncringes the way that apply_patch.sh works, and removes the black border.
 
diff --git a/src/game/behaviors/pole.inc.c b/src/game/behaviors/pole.inc.c
index d727751c..0938a99a 100644
--- a/src/game/behaviors/pole.inc.c
+++ b/src/game/behaviors/pole.inc.c
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ void bhv_pole_init(void) {
      * This is equivalent to using `o->oBehParams2ndByte` according to
      * `spawn_objects_from_info`.
      */
-    s32 tenthHitboxHeight = o->oBehParams >> 0x10 & 0xFF;
-    o->hitboxHeight = tenthHitboxHeight * 10;
+
+    // POLE "FIX": The game will read bparam1 and bparam2 together as a single value,
+    // so you can have a snake eater pole
+    o->hitboxHeight = ((o->oBehParams & 0xFFFF0000) >> 16) * 10;
 }
 
 /**