diff --git a/src/conio/ansi_cio.c b/src/conio/ansi_cio.c
index 8c03ad80d131d30a4b9ff9b7af3a4ede754125fd..197be51a692895a9dec495ace51eef80146965d2 100644
--- a/src/conio/ansi_cio.c
+++ b/src/conio/ansi_cio.c
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 #include "ansi_cio.h"
 WORD	ansi_curr_attr=0x07<<8;
 
-unsigned int ansi_rows=24;
-unsigned int ansi_cols=80;
+int ansi_rows=24;
+int ansi_cols=80;
 unsigned int ansi_nextchar;
 int ansi_got_row=0;
 int ansi_got_col=0;