diff --git a/page.go b/page.go
index 78ca898..4430c3d 100644
--- a/page.go
+++ b/page.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ const pageHeaderSize = int(unsafe.Offsetof(((*page)(nil)).ptr))
 
 const maxAllocSize = 0xFFFFFFF
 const minKeysPerPage = 2
-const maxNodesPerPage = 65535
 
 const branchPageElementSize = int(unsafe.Sizeof(branchPageElement{}))
 const leafPageElementSize = int(unsafe.Sizeof(leafPageElement{}))
@@ -57,23 +56,23 @@ func (p *page) meta() *meta {
 
 // leafPageElement retrieves the leaf node by index
 func (p *page) leafPageElement(index uint16) *leafPageElement {
-	n := &((*[maxNodesPerPage]leafPageElement)(unsafe.Pointer(&p.ptr)))[index]
+	n := &((*[0xFFFFFFF]leafPageElement)(unsafe.Pointer(&p.ptr)))[index]
 	return n
 }
 
 // leafPageElements retrieves a list of leaf nodes.
 func (p *page) leafPageElements() []leafPageElement {
-	return ((*[maxNodesPerPage]leafPageElement)(unsafe.Pointer(&p.ptr)))[:]
+	return ((*[0xFFFFFFF]leafPageElement)(unsafe.Pointer(&p.ptr)))[:]
 }
 
 // branchPageElement retrieves the branch node by index
 func (p *page) branchPageElement(index uint16) *branchPageElement {
-	return &((*[maxNodesPerPage]branchPageElement)(unsafe.Pointer(&p.ptr)))[index]
+	return &((*[0xFFFFFFF]branchPageElement)(unsafe.Pointer(&p.ptr)))[index]
 }
 
 // branchPageElements retrieves a list of branch nodes.
 func (p *page) branchPageElements() []branchPageElement {
-	return ((*[maxNodesPerPage]branchPageElement)(unsafe.Pointer(&p.ptr)))[:]
+	return ((*[0xFFFFFFF]branchPageElement)(unsafe.Pointer(&p.ptr)))[:]
 }
 
 // dump writes n bytes of the page to STDERR as hex output.