diff --git a/src/bin_export.zig b/src/bin_export.zig
index 4130c83..b1d8f2b 100644
--- a/src/bin_export.zig
+++ b/src/bin_export.zig
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pub const ItemKey = enum(u5) {
     cumdsize =  8, // u64
     shrasize =  9, // u64
     shrdsize = 10, // u64
-    items    = 11, // u32
+    items    = 11, // u64
     sub      = 12, // itemref    only if dir is not empty
     // Only for .link
     ino     = 13, // u64
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ pub const Dir = struct {
     lock: std.Thread.Mutex = .{},
     last_sub: u64 = 0,
     stat: sink.Stat,
-    items: u32 = 0,
+    items: u64 = 0,
     size: u64 = 0,
     blocks: u64 = 0,
     err: bool = false,
diff --git a/src/bin_reader.zig b/src/bin_reader.zig
index b4637e3..4a06276 100644
--- a/src/bin_reader.zig
+++ b/src/bin_reader.zig
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ pub fn get(ref: u64, alloc: std.mem.Allocator) *model.Entry {
         .cumdsize => entry.pack.blocks = @intCast(kv.val.int(u64)/512),
         .shrasize => { if (entry.dir()) |d| d.shared_size = kv.val.int(u64); },
         .shrdsize => { if (entry.dir()) |d| d.shared_blocks = kv.val.int(u64)/512; },
-        .items    => { if (entry.dir()) |d| d.items = kv.val.int(u32); },
+        .items    => { if (entry.dir()) |d| d.items = util.castClamp(u32, kv.val.int(u64)); },
         .sub      => { if (entry.dir()) |d| d.sub = .{ .ref = kv.val.itemref(ref) }; },
 
         .ino   => { if (entry.link()) |l| l.ino = kv.val.int(u64); },