1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/utf8.h b/src/utf8.h
index 538230d..08979f3 100644
--- a/src/utf8.h
+++ b/src/utf8.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ uint32_t getUnicodeForUTF8CharAt(const std::string &input,size_t pos);
 /** Returns the number of bytes making up a single UTF8 character given the first byte
  *  in the sequence.
  */
-int getUTF8CharNumBytes(char firstByte);
+uint8_t getUTF8CharNumBytes(char firstByte);
 
 /** Writes the UTF8 character pointed to by s to stream t and returns a pointer
  *  to the next character.