diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 37bbd98599..8c79d29c35 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
+- 2026-04-08: Increased NOE restraints array size in scoring modules - Issue #1501
 - 2026-03-09: Automated type casting for optional argument seed in haddock3-restraints random_removal - Issue #1485
 - 2026-02-28: Switched to ilRMSD clustering from protein-ligand examples - Issue #1481
 - 2026-02-24: Implement automated toppar generation for unknown atoms with PRODRG
diff --git a/src/haddock/modules/scoring/emscoring/cns/restrain-ions.cns b/src/haddock/modules/scoring/emscoring/cns/restrain-ions.cns
index 52a5b3d202..67528b2bdb 100644
--- a/src/haddock/modules/scoring/emscoring/cns/restrain-ions.cns
+++ b/src/haddock/modules/scoring/emscoring/cns/restrain-ions.cns
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 ! * as part of this package.                                            *
 ! ***********************************************************************
 !
-noe class dist end
+noe nres=10000 class dist end
 
 ! first deal with monoatomic ions
 evaluate ($pcount = 0)
diff --git a/src/haddock/modules/scoring/mdscoring/cns/restrain-ions.cns b/src/haddock/modules/scoring/mdscoring/cns/restrain-ions.cns
index 52a5b3d202..67528b2bdb 100644
--- a/src/haddock/modules/scoring/mdscoring/cns/restrain-ions.cns
+++ b/src/haddock/modules/scoring/mdscoring/cns/restrain-ions.cns
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 ! * as part of this package.                                            *
 ! ***********************************************************************
 !
-noe class dist end
+noe nres=10000 class dist end
 
 ! first deal with monoatomic ions
 evaluate ($pcount = 0)