diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index 7320792..3936815 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ char *get_curr_dir_name()
 int get_num_of_lines(FILE *file)
 {
     int n = 0;
-    char ch, pch;
+    int ch, pch;
     long curr_pos = ftell(file);
 
     fseek(file, 0, SEEK_SET);
@@ -244,4 +244,4 @@ bool str_is_in_arr(char **arr, size_t sz, char *str)
     }
 
     return false;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}