diff --git a/userspace/falco/outputs_http.cpp b/userspace/falco/outputs_http.cpp
index 4c744f47..96c563b6 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/outputs_http.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/outputs_http.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ bool falco::outputs::output_http::init(const config &oc,
 	m_curl = nullptr;
 	m_http_headers = nullptr;
 	m_max_consecutive_timeouts =
-	        static_cast<uint8_t>(std::stoi(m_oc.options["max_consecutive_timeouts"]));
+	        static_cast<uint8_t>(std::stoi(m_oc.options["max_consecutive_timeouts"]) & 0xFF);
 	CURLcode res = CURLE_FAILED_INIT;
 
 	m_curl = curl_easy_init();
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ bool falco::outputs::output_http::init(const config &oc,
 
 void falco::outputs::output_http::output(const message *msg) {
 	CURLcode res = curl_easy_setopt(m_curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, msg->msg.c_str());
-	uint32_t curl_easy_platform_calls = 0;
+	uint8_t curl_easy_platform_calls = 0;
 
 	if(res == CURLE_OK) {
 		do {