diff --git a/src/canvas.cpp b/src/canvas.cpp
index 48c35c5..783769d 100644
--- a/src/canvas.cpp
+++ b/src/canvas.cpp
@@ -1283,8 +1283,8 @@ void ui::Canvas::inject_xmp(std::string jpg_path)
     unsigned char* xmp_section = (unsigned char*)malloc(sizeof(xmp) + 4);
     xmp_section[0] = 0xff;
     xmp_section[1] = 0xe1;
-    xmp_section[2] = (uint8_t)((int)sizeof(xmp) + 2) >> 8;
-    xmp_section[3] = (uint8_t)((int)sizeof(xmp) + 2) >> 0;
+    xmp_section[2] = ((int)sizeof(xmp) + 2) >> 8;
+    xmp_section[3] = ((int)sizeof(xmp) + 2) >> 0;
     memcpy(xmp_section + 4, xmp, sizeof(xmp));
 
     fwrite(jpeg_data, 1, i, fp);