maybe this works

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/client.c b/client.c
index 35d1a10..19fd9d8 100644
--- a/client.c
+++ b/client.c
@@ -154,13 +154,13 @@ void *reply_thread_routine(void* args) {
  
         if (reply_type == 2) { // we have a welcome message
             // recv the message, check for errors too
-            int16_t num_stations = -1;
+            char* num_stations = -1;
             int bytes_to_read = sizeof(uint16_t);
             if (recv_all(sockfd, &num_stations, &bytes_to_read) == -1) {
                 perror("recv_all");
                 exit(1);
             }
-            num_stations = ntohs(num_stations);
+            num_stations = ntohs((uint16_t) num_stations);
             fflush(stdout);
             printf("Welcome to Snowcast! The server has %d stations.\n", num_stations);
             fflush(stdout);