diff --git a/src/sbbs2/scfg/scfgmsg.c b/src/sbbs2/scfg/scfgmsg.c
index 90ecef0166489f5511386fe6f62e1d8728388d8f..f090fc70cd136d724f220c82880dfb76fb446b0c 100644
--- a/src/sbbs2/scfg/scfgmsg.c
+++ b/src/sbbs2/scfg/scfgmsg.c
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ QWK network nodes (
Q
 restriction). If set to 
0
, no limit is imposed.
 				uinput(WIN_MID|WIN_SAV,0,0
 					,"Maximum Messages Per QWK Packet (0=No Limit)"
 					,str,6,K_NUMBER|K_EDIT);
-				max_qwkmsgs=atoi(str);
+				max_qwkmsgs=atol(str);
                 break;
 			case 4:
 				SETHELP(WHERE);