diff --git a/src/gui/components/cc_timer.cpp b/src/gui/components/cc_timer.cpp
index b9cc6a63c..a965dee44 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/cc_timer.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/components/cc_timer.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ void CComponentsTimer::stopThread()
 		delete tm_thread;
 		tm_thread = NULL;
 		tn.clear();
-		dprintf(DEBUG_DEBUG,"\033[32m[CComponentsTimer] thread [%p] [%s] [%s - %d] thread object terminated after %llu ticks\033[0m\n", tm_thread, tn.c_str(), __func__, __LINE__, tm_ticks);
+		dprintf(DEBUG_DEBUG,"\033[32m[CComponentsTimer] thread [%p] [%s] [%s - %d] thread object terminated after %" PRIu64 " ticks\033[0m\n", tm_thread, tn.c_str(), __func__, __LINE__, tm_ticks);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/components/cc_timer.h b/src/gui/components/cc_timer.h
index 0475ee318..82bfbb683 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/cc_timer.h
+++ b/src/gui/components/cc_timer.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class CComponentsTimer : public sigc::trackable
 
 		///refresh interval in seconds
 		int64_t tm_interval;
-		int64_t tm_ticks;
+		uint64_t tm_ticks;
 
 		///runs shared timer action provided inside OnTimer() signal
 		static void threadCallback(CComponentsTimer *tm);