diff --git a/src/gui/timerlist.cpp b/src/gui/timerlist.cpp
index 7af577c72..a243b6766 100644
--- a/src/gui/timerlist.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/timerlist.cpp
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ void CTimerList::RemoteBoxTimerList(CTimerd::TimerList &rtimerlist)
 				rtimer.alarmTime = (time_t) atoll(remotetimers[i]["alarm"][0].get("digits","").asString().c_str());
 				rtimer.announceTime = (time_t) atoll(remotetimers[i]["announce"][0].get("digits","").asString().c_str());
 				rtimer.stopTime = (time_t) atoll(remotetimers[i]["stop"][0].get("digits","").asString().c_str());
-				rtimer.epgID = (event_id_t) atoi(remotetimers[i].get("epg_id","").asString());
+				sscanf(remotetimers[i].get("epg_id","").asString().c_str(), SCANF_CHANNEL_ID_TYPE, &rtimer.epgID);
 				sscanf(remotetimers[i].get("channel_id","").asString().c_str(),	SCANF_CHANNEL_ID_TYPE, &rtimer.channel_id);
 				strncpy(rtimer.epgTitle,remotetimers[i].get("title","").asString().c_str(),sizeof(rtimer.epgTitle));
 				rtimer.epgTitle[sizeof(rtimer.epgTitle) - 1] = 0;
diff --git a/src/nhttpd/tuxboxapi/controlapi.cpp b/src/nhttpd/tuxboxapi/controlapi.cpp
index e991785dc..fc4b7d348 100644
--- a/src/nhttpd/tuxboxapi/controlapi.cpp
+++ b/src/nhttpd/tuxboxapi/controlapi.cpp
@@ -2720,7 +2720,7 @@ void CControlAPI::SendTimers(CyhookHandler *hh)
 			timer_item += hh->outObject("audio", audio, true);
 
 			timer_item += hh->outPair("recording_dir", timer->recordingDir, true);
-			timer_item += hh->outPair("epg_id", string_printf("%d", (int)timer->epgID), false);
+			timer_item += hh->outPair("epg_id", string_printf(PRINTF_CHANNEL_ID_TYPE_NO_LEADING_ZEROS, timer->epgID), false);
 		}
 		break;