diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2459bfad74..78e3638291 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-08-10  Edward Hervey  <edward@fluendo.com>
+
+	* gst/gst.override: (pygst_debug_log): 
+	gchar is way smaller than an int... resulting in negative line numbers
+	in debug.
+
 2005-08-10  Edward Hervey  <edward@fluendo.com>
 
 	* gst/gst.override: (pygst_debug_log): 
diff --git a/gst/gst.override b/gst/gst.override
index 4d8a997fcc..1b17d6dcb9 100644
--- a/gst/gst.override
+++ b/gst/gst.override
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ pygst_debug_log (PyObject *whatever, PyObject *string, GstDebugLevel level)
     gchar	*str;
     gchar	*function;
     gchar	*filename;
-    gchar	lineno;
+    int		lineno;
     PyFrameObject	*frame;
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(string, "s:gst.debug_log", &str)) {