diff --git a/core/chat/concurrentConnections_freebsd.go b/core/chat/concurrentConnections_freebsd.go
index 68d4955b3..22b75792a 100644
--- a/core/chat/concurrentConnections_freebsd.go
+++ b/core/chat/concurrentConnections_freebsd.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-func setSystemConcurrentConnectionLimit(limit int64) {
+func setSystemConcurrentConnectionLimit(limit uint64) {
 	var rLimit syscall.Rlimit
 	if err := syscall.Getrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rLimit); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalln(err)
diff --git a/core/chat/concurrentConnections_windows.go b/core/chat/concurrentConnections_windows.go
index ef61843b3..a13349ccf 100644
--- a/core/chat/concurrentConnections_windows.go
+++ b/core/chat/concurrentConnections_windows.go
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 
 package chat
 
-func setSystemConcurrentConnectionLimit(limit int64) {}
+func setSystemConcurrentConnectionLimit(limit uint64) {}