diff --git a/stepmania/src/NotesLoaderSM.cpp b/stepmania/src/NotesLoaderSM.cpp
index 3d8941de54..b4b899b8fd 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/NotesLoaderSM.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/NotesLoaderSM.cpp
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ bool SMLoader::LoadFromSMFile( CString sPath, Song &out )
 		else if( sValueName.Left(strlen("BGCHANGES"))=="BGCHANGES" || sValueName=="ANIMATIONS" )
 		{
 			BackgroundLayer iLayer = BACKGROUND_LAYER_1;
-			if( 1 == sscanf( sValueName, "BGCHANGES%d", &iLayer ) )
+			if( 1 == sscanf( sValueName, "BGCHANGES%d", (int*)&iLayer ) )
 				iLayer = (BackgroundLayer)(iLayer-1);	// #BGCHANGES2 = BACKGROUND_LAYER_2
 
 			bool bValid = iLayer>=0 && iLayer<NUM_BackgroundLayer;
diff --git a/stepmania/src/Profile.cpp b/stepmania/src/Profile.cpp
index e61122e040..f25ce8edc1 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Profile.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Profile.cpp
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ const CString LASTGOOD_SUBDIR      = "LastGood/";
 	* 10 /* HighScores per Steps */		\
 	* 1024 /* size in bytes of a HighScores XNode */
 
-const int MAX_DISPLAY_NAME_LENGTH	= 12;
-const int DEFAULT_WEIGHT_POUNDS		= 120;
+const unsigned int MAX_DISPLAY_NAME_LENGTH	= 12;
+const unsigned int DEFAULT_WEIGHT_POUNDS	= 120;
 
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
 #pragma warning (disable : 4706) // assignment within conditional expression