diff --git a/src/network.h b/src/network.h
index 0642d317..0cb381fb 100644
--- a/src/network.h
+++ b/src/network.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ typedef struct network{
     float *workspace;
     int n;
     int batch;
-	int *seen;
+	uint64_t *seen;
     float epoch;
     int subdivisions;
     float momentum;
diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index f3efc27c..e381edc1 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -1191,7 +1191,9 @@ void load_weights_upto(network *net, char *filename, int cutoff)
     }
     else {
         printf("\n seen 32 \n");
-        fread(net->seen, sizeof(int), 1, fp);
+        uint32_t iseen = 0;
+        fread(&iseen, sizeof(uint32_t), 1, fp);
+        *net->seen = iseen;
     }
     int transpose = (major > 1000) || (minor > 1000);