diff --git a/client/TracyProfiler.cpp b/client/TracyProfiler.cpp
index 99527745..315e3c25 100755
--- a/client/TracyProfiler.cpp
+++ b/client/TracyProfiler.cpp
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ void Profiler::Worker()
 #ifdef _DEBUG
                 if( sock->Send( buf, ptr - buf ) == -1 ) break;
 #else
-                char lz4[LZ4Size + sizeof( uint16_t )];
-                const uint16_t lz4sz = LZ4_compress_default( buf, lz4+2, ptr - buf, LZ4Size );
-                memcpy( lz4, &lz4sz, sizeof( uint16_t ) );
-                if( sock->Send( lz4, lz4sz ) == -1 ) break;
+                char lz4[LZ4Size + sizeof( lz4sz_t )];
+                const lz4sz_t lz4sz = LZ4_compress_default( buf, lz4 + sizeof( lz4sz_t ), ptr - buf, LZ4Size );
+                memcpy( lz4, &lz4sz, sizeof( lz4sz ) );
+                if( sock->Send( lz4, lz4sz + sizeof( lz4sz_t ) ) == -1 ) break;
 #endif
             }
             else
diff --git a/common/TracyProtocol.hpp b/common/TracyProtocol.hpp
index 80834960..cf113a7a 100755
--- a/common/TracyProtocol.hpp
+++ b/common/TracyProtocol.hpp
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@
 namespace tracy
 {
 
+using lz4sz_t = uint16_t;
+
 enum { TargetFrameSize = 64000 };
 enum { LZ4Size = LZ4_COMPRESSBOUND( TargetFrameSize ) };
-static_assert( LZ4Size <= std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max(), "LZ4Size greater than uint16_t" );
+static_assert( LZ4Size <= std::numeric_limits<lz4sz_t>::max(), "LZ4Size greater than lz4sz_t" );
 
 }