diff --git a/libi2pd/NetDb.cpp b/libi2pd/NetDb.cpp
index 39bfef4b..10e43996 100644
--- a/libi2pd/NetDb.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/NetDb.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ namespace data
 
 		uint64_t lastSave = 0, lastPublish = 0, lastExploratory = 0, lastManageRequest = 0, lastDestinationCleanup = 0;
 		uint64_t lastProfilesCleanup = i2p::util::GetSecondsSinceEpoch ();
-		uint64_t profilesCleanupVariance = (rand () % (2 * i2p::data::PEER_PROFILE_AUTOCLEAN_VARIANCE) - i2p::data::PEER_PROFILE_AUTOCLEAN_VARIANCE);
+		int16_t profilesCleanupVariance = (rand () % (2 * i2p::data::PEER_PROFILE_AUTOCLEAN_VARIANCE) - i2p::data::PEER_PROFILE_AUTOCLEAN_VARIANCE);
 
 		while (m_IsRunning)
 		{