diff --git a/src/sinkSender.c b/src/sinkSender.c
index 2a02750..63cfae6 100644
--- a/src/sinkSender.c
+++ b/src/sinkSender.c
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ const char SINKSERVER_KEY[] = "sinkServer";
 const char DEFAULT_SINKSERVER[] = "sink.hottis.de";
 const char *sinkServer;
 const char SINKPORT_KEY[] = "sinkPort";
-const uint16_t DEFAULT_SINKPORT = 20169;
-uint16_t sinkPort;
+const int DEFAULT_SINKPORT = 20169;
+int sinkPort;
 const char DEVICE_ID_KEY[] = "deviceId";
 const char DEFAULT_DEVICE_ID[] = "mainscnt00";
 const char *deviceId;
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ void sinkSenderPut(uint32_t seconds, uint32_t frequency) {
     struct hostent *hptr = gethostbyname(sinkServer);
     if (hptr) {
       if (hptr->h_addrtype == AF_INET) {
-        uint8_t *sinkAddr = hptr->h_addr_list[0];
-        logmsg(LOG_DEBUG, "sink addr: %d.%d.%d.%d", sinkAddr[0], sinkAddr[1], sinkAddr[2], sinkAddr[3]);
+        char *sinkAddr = hptr->h_addr_list[0];
+        logmsg(LOG_DEBUG, "sink addr: %d.%d.%d.%d", 
+               sinkAddr[0], sinkAddr[1], sinkAddr[2], sinkAddr[3]);
 
         int sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
         if (sockfd != -1) {
@@ -101,7 +102,9 @@ void sinkSenderPut(uint32_t seconds, uint32_t frequency) {
           servaddr.sin_port = htons(sinkPort);
           memcpy(&servaddr.sin_addr.s_addr, sinkAddr, 4);
 
-          ssize_t res = sendto(sockfd, minuteBuffer.b, sizeof(minuteBuffer.b), 0, &servaddr, sizeof(servaddr));
+          ssize_t res = sendto(sockfd, minuteBuffer.b, sizeof(minuteBuffer.b), 
+                               0, (struct sockaddr*)&servaddr, 
+                               sizeof(servaddr));
           logmsg(LOG_DEBUG, "%d octets sent", res);
         } else {
           logmsg(LOG_ERR, "unable to get socket: %s", strerror(errno));
@@ -117,4 +120,4 @@ void sinkSenderPut(uint32_t seconds, uint32_t frequency) {
 
 
   led(E_GREEN, true);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}