diff --git a/src/cdecode.c b/src/cdecode.c
--- a/src/cdecode.c
+++ b/src/cdecode.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 int base64_decode_value(char value_in)
 {
-	static const char decoding[] = {62,-1,-1,-1,63,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,-1,-1,-1,-2,-1,-1,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51};
+	static const signed char decoding[] = {62,-1,-1,-1,63,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,-1,-1,-1,-2,-1,-1,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51};
 	static const char decoding_size = sizeof(decoding);
 	value_in -= 43;
 	if (value_in < 0 || value_in >= decoding_size) return -1;
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 {
 	const char* codechar = code_in;
 	char* plainchar = plaintext_out;
-	char fragment;
+	int fragment;
 	
 	*plainchar = state_in->plainchar;
 	
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 					state_in->plainchar = *plainchar;
 					return plainchar - plaintext_out;
 				}
-				fragment = (char)base64_decode_value(*codechar++);
+				fragment = base64_decode_value(*codechar++);
 			} while (fragment < 0);
 			*plainchar    = (fragment & 0x03f) << 2;
 	case step_b:
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 					state_in->plainchar = *plainchar;
 					return plainchar - plaintext_out;
 				}
-				fragment = (char)base64_decode_value(*codechar++);
+				fragment = base64_decode_value(*codechar++);
 			} while (fragment < 0);
 			*plainchar++ |= (fragment & 0x030) >> 4;
 			*plainchar    = (fragment & 0x00f) << 4;
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 					state_in->plainchar = *plainchar;
 					return plainchar - plaintext_out;
 				}
-				fragment = (char)base64_decode_value(*codechar++);
+				fragment = base64_decode_value(*codechar++);
 			} while (fragment < 0);
 			*plainchar++ |= (fragment & 0x03c) >> 2;
 			*plainchar    = (fragment & 0x003) << 6;
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 					state_in->plainchar = *plainchar;
 					return plainchar - plaintext_out;
 				}
-				fragment = (char)base64_decode_value(*codechar++);
+				fragment = base64_decode_value(*codechar++);
 			} while (fragment < 0);
 			*plainchar++   |= (fragment & 0x03f);
 		}