diff --git a/src/core/wee-url.c b/src/core/wee-url.c
index 422c03ccf..7bed1c49f 100644
--- a/src/core/wee-url.c
+++ b/src/core/wee-url.c
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ weeurl_download (const char *url, struct t_hashtable *options)
 
     /* set default options */
     curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
-    curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, "1");
+    curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
 
     /* set file in/out from options in hashtable */
     if (options)