diff --git a/src/sbbs3/email.cpp b/src/sbbs3/email.cpp
index 83a5322fa5da0dcee29f59937646eba086845582..57c6a3e6c352a23975c3088b1f3684647dc07785 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/email.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/email.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ bool sbbs_t::email(int usernumber, char *top, char *subj, long mode)
 	char	str[256],str2[256],msgpath[256],title[LEN_TITLE+1],ch
 			,buf[SDT_BLOCK_LEN];
 	char 	tmp[512];
-	ushort	xlat=XLAT_NONE,msgattr=0;
+	ushort	msgattr=0;
+	uint16_t xlat=XLAT_NONE;
 	ushort	nettype;
 	int 	i,j,x,file;
 	long	l;