diff --git a/src/browser.c b/src/browser.c
index 6419a87..26a27fe 100644
--- a/src/browser.c
+++ b/src/browser.c
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ static void browse_draw_info(struct dir *dr) {
       time_t t = (time_t)e->mtime;
       if(e->flags & FFE_MODE) ncaddstr(4, 9, fmtmode(e->mode));
       else ncaddstr(4, 9, "N/A");
-      if(e->flags & FFE_UID) ncprint(4, 26, "%d", e->uid);
+      if(e->flags & FFE_UID) ncprint(4, 26, "%u", e->uid);
       else ncaddstr(4, 26, "N/A");
-      if(e->flags & FFE_GID) ncprint(4, 38, "%d", e->gid);
+      if(e->flags & FFE_GID) ncprint(4, 38, "%u", e->gid);
       else ncaddstr(4, 38, "N/A");
       if(e->flags & FFE_MTIME) {
         strftime(mbuf, sizeof(mbuf), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z", localtime(&t));
diff --git a/src/dir_import.c b/src/dir_import.c
index d1a2ce5..c7e67ae 100644
--- a/src/dir_import.c
+++ b/src/dir_import.c
@@ -469,12 +469,12 @@ static int iteminfo(void) {
       C(rint64(&iv, UINT64_MAX));
       ctx->buf_dir->ino = iv;
     } else if(strcmp(ctx->val, "uid") == 0) {        /* uid */
-      C(rint64(&iv, INT32_MAX));
+      C(rint64(&iv, UINT32_MAX));
       ctx->buf_dir->flags |= FF_EXT;
       ctx->buf_ext->flags |= FFE_UID;
       ctx->buf_ext->uid = iv;
     } else if(strcmp(ctx->val, "gid") == 0) {        /* gid */
-      C(rint64(&iv, INT32_MAX));
+      C(rint64(&iv, UINT32_MAX));
       ctx->buf_dir->flags |= FF_EXT;
       ctx->buf_ext->flags |= FFE_GID;
       ctx->buf_ext->gid = iv;
diff --git a/src/dir_scan.c b/src/dir_scan.c
index f8b14be..bf2ff42 100644
--- a/src/dir_scan.c
+++ b/src/dir_scan.c
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ static void stat_to_dir(struct stat *fs) {
 
   buf_ext->mode  = fs->st_mode;
   buf_ext->mtime = fs->st_mtime;
-  buf_ext->uid   = (int)fs->st_uid;
-  buf_ext->gid   = (int)fs->st_gid;
+  buf_ext->uid   = (unsigned int)fs->st_uid;
+  buf_ext->gid   = (unsigned int)fs->st_gid;
   buf_ext->flags = FFE_MTIME | FFE_UID | FFE_GID | FFE_MODE;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/global.h b/src/global.h
index 985a4a6..f7e81f5 100644
--- a/src/global.h
+++ b/src/global.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ struct dir {
  * macros to help manage this. */
 struct dir_ext {
   uint64_t mtime;
-  int uid, gid;
+  unsigned int uid, gid;
   unsigned short mode;
   unsigned char flags;
 };