1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/reader.h b/src/reader.h
index fb638a0b..dec01f3b 100644
--- a/src/reader.h
+++ b/src/reader.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ struct SerdReaderImpl {
   SerdSyntax        syntax;
   unsigned          next_id;
   uint8_t*          buf;
-  uint8_t*          bprefix;
+  char*             bprefix;
   size_t            bprefix_len;
   bool              strict; ///< True iff strict parsing
   bool              seen_genid;
@@ -172,11 +172,13 @@ push_byte(SerdReader* reader, Ref ref, const int c)
   assert(c != EOF);
   SERD_STACK_ASSERT_TOP(reader, ref);
 
-  uint8_t* const  s    = (uint8_t*)serd_stack_push(&reader->stack, 1);
+  char* const     s    = (char*)serd_stack_push(&reader->stack, 1);
   SerdNode* const node = (SerdNode*)(reader->stack.buf + ref);
+
+  *(uint8_t*)(s - 1) = (uint8_t)c;
+  *s                 = '\0';
+
   ++node->n_bytes;
-  *(s - 1) = (uint8_t)c;
-  *s       = '\0';
   return SERD_SUCCESS;
 }