diff --git a/src/stdio/scanf/scan.c b/src/stdio/scanf/scan.c
index 457f700..b1aff5a 100644
--- a/src/stdio/scanf/scan.c
+++ b/src/stdio/scanf/scan.c
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ int __scanf(
 			loopagain:	
 			
 			pos++;
+			in->currentlength = 0;
 
 			switch( format[pos] ) {
 				// we need to decrypt the corresponding scanf set of character
@@ -542,7 +543,7 @@ int __scanf(
 				}
 
 				case 'c': {
-					char temp;
+					int temp;
 					if (!skip) {
 						char *c = (char *) va_arg( *args, char* );
 						if (in->readmaxlength==(unsigned int)-1) {