diff --git a/cart-packet-queue.go b/cart-packet-queue.go
index e51cb25..592b70e 100644
--- a/cart-packet-queue.go
+++ b/cart-packet-queue.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func NewCartPacketQueue(connection net.Conn) *CartPacketQueue {
 				//return
 			}
 
-			data, err := GetPacketData(connection, int(packet.DataLength))
+			data, err := GetPacketData(connection, packet.DataLength)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Printf("Error receiving packet data: %v\n", err)
 				return
diff --git a/packet-queue.go b/packet-queue.go
index 2bd6fbd..2086def 100644
--- a/packet-queue.go
+++ b/packet-queue.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func NewPacketQueue(connection net.Conn) *PacketQueue {
 				log.Printf("Error receiving packet: %v\n", err)
 				//return
 			}
-			data, err := GetPacketData(connection, int(packet.DataLength))
+			data, err := GetPacketData(connection, packet.DataLength)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Printf("Error receiving packet data: %v\n", err)
 			}
diff --git a/packet.go b/packet.go
index 60ccf57..d80625d 100644
--- a/packet.go
+++ b/packet.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func ReadPacket[V Packet | CartPacket](conn io.Reader, packet *V) error {
 	return binary.Read(conn, binary.LittleEndian, packet)
 }
 
-func GetPacketData(conn io.Reader, len int) ([]byte, error) {
+func GetPacketData(conn io.Reader, len uint16) ([]byte, error) {
 	data := make([]byte, len)
 	_, err := conn.Read(data)
 	return data, err
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func ReceivePacket(conn io.Reader) (uint16, []byte, error) {
 		return packet.MessageType, nil, err
 	}
 
-	data, err := GetPacketData(conn, int(packet.DataLength))
+	data, err := GetPacketData(conn, packet.DataLength)
 	if err != nil {
 		return packet.MessageType, nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/tcp-cart-mux-server.go b/tcp-cart-mux-server.go
index b5a89ea..c84774c 100644
--- a/tcp-cart-mux-server.go
+++ b/tcp-cart-mux-server.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func (m *TCPCartServerMux) HandleConnection(connection net.Conn) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		data, err := GetPacketData(connection, int(packet.DataLength))
+		data, err := GetPacketData(connection, packet.DataLength)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Printf("Error getting packet data: %v\n", err)
 		}