diff --git a/src/map/IMG/huffmanbuffer.cpp b/src/map/IMG/huffmanbuffer.cpp
index a53c687b..5568a2bf 100644
--- a/src/map/IMG/huffmanbuffer.cpp
+++ b/src/map/IMG/huffmanbuffer.cpp
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ bool HuffmanBuffer::load(const RGNFile *rgn, SubFile::Handle &rgnHdl)
 	};
 
 	resize(recordSize);
-	return rgn->read(rgnHdl, (quint8*)data(), recordSize);
+	return rgn->read(rgnHdl, data(), recordSize);
 }
diff --git a/src/map/IMG/lblfile.cpp b/src/map/IMG/lblfile.cpp
index 0555aa3d..98a7f3d1 100644
--- a/src/map/IMG/lblfile.cpp
+++ b/src/map/IMG/lblfile.cpp
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ QImage LBLFile::readImage(Handle &hdl, quint32 id) const
 		return QImage();
 	QByteArray ba;
 	ba.resize(_rasters.at(id).size);
-	if (!read(hdl, (quint8*)ba.data(), _rasters.at(id).size))
+	if (!read(hdl, ba.data(), _rasters.at(id).size))
 		return QImage();
 
 	return QImage::fromData(ba);
diff --git a/src/map/IMG/subfile.cpp b/src/map/IMG/subfile.cpp
index 61131f2c..177dea66 100644
--- a/src/map/IMG/subfile.cpp
+++ b/src/map/IMG/subfile.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ bool SubFile::readVBitfield32(Handle &hdl, quint32 &bitfield) const
 	return true;
 }
 
-bool SubFile::read(Handle &handle, quint8 *buff, quint32 size) const
+bool SubFile::read(Handle &handle, char *buff, quint32 size) const
 {
 	while (size) {
 		quint32 remaining = handle._data.size() - handle._blockPos;
diff --git a/src/map/IMG/subfile.h b/src/map/IMG/subfile.h
index cc86ba63..0b67cf88 100644
--- a/src/map/IMG/subfile.h
+++ b/src/map/IMG/subfile.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public:
 	bool seek(Handle &handle, quint32 pos) const;
 	quint32 pos(Handle &handle) const {return handle._pos;}
 
-	bool read(Handle &handle, quint8 *buff, quint32 size) const;
+	bool read(Handle &handle, char *buff, quint32 size) const;
 
 	bool readByte(Handle &handle, quint8 *val) const
 	{