diff --git a/client/src/aidsearch.c b/client/src/aidsearch.c
index 291d2035c..7361442b0 100644
--- a/client/src/aidsearch.c
+++ b/client/src/aidsearch.c
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ int PrintAIDDescription(json_t *xroot, char *aid, bool verbose) {
         goto out;
 
     json_t *elm = NULL;
-    int maxaidlen = 0;
-    for (int elmindx = 0; elmindx < json_array_size(root); elmindx++) {
+    uint32_t maxaidlen = 0;
+    for (uint32_t elmindx = 0; elmindx < json_array_size(root); elmindx++) {
         json_t *data = AIDSearchGetElm(root, elmindx);
         if (data == NULL)
             continue;