diff --git a/src/Wippersnapper.cpp b/src/Wippersnapper.cpp
index 71c525a77..022583587 100644
--- a/src/Wippersnapper.cpp
+++ b/src/Wippersnapper.cpp
@@ -2502,11 +2502,11 @@ void Wippersnapper::runNetFSM() {
 */
 /**************************************************************************/
 void Wippersnapper::haltError(String error, ws_led_status_t ledStatusColor,
-                              uint8_t seconds_until_reboot) {
+                              int seconds_until_reboot) {
 #ifdef ARDUINO_ARCH_ESP8266
-  uint8_t wdt_timeout_ms = 3200;
+  int wdt_timeout_ms = 3200;
 #else
-  uint8_t wdt_timeout_ms = 5000;
+  int wdt_timeout_ms = 5000;
 #endif
   int seconds_until_wdt_enable =
       seconds_until_reboot - (int)(wdt_timeout_ms / 1000);
diff --git a/src/Wippersnapper.h b/src/Wippersnapper.h
index 7ffe02320..93dfcd610 100644
--- a/src/Wippersnapper.h
+++ b/src/Wippersnapper.h
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ class Wippersnapper {
   // Error handling helpers
   void haltError(String error,
                  ws_led_status_t ledStatusColor = WS_LED_STATUS_ERROR_RUNTIME,
-                 uint8_t seconds_until_reboot = 25);
+                 int seconds_until_reboot = 25);
   void errorWriteHang(String error);
 
   // MQTT topic callbacks //