diff --git a/compress42.c b/compress42.c
index 2807058..1d9e375 100644
--- a/compress42.c
+++ b/compress42.c
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ typedef	unsigned char	char_type;
 
 union	bytes
 {
-	long	word;
+	int	word;
 	struct
 	{
 #if BYTEORDER == 4321
-- 
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