diff --git a/src/lib66/svc_init.c b/src/lib66/svc_init.c
index 84dea548ae5f47347279f72606722139608c9cb8..3d5d77793b1b0c88469f51c24853e4968315214a 100644
--- a/src/lib66/svc_init.c
+++ b/src/lib66/svc_init.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 int svc_init(ssexec_t *info,char const *src, genalloc *ga)
 {
 	
-	int logname ;
+	ssize_t logname ;
 	gid_t gid = getgid() ;
 	uint16_t id ;