diff --git a/src/editing.mm b/src/editing.mm
index e063eb6..03449a6 100644
--- a/src/editing.mm
+++ b/src/editing.mm
@@ -605,8 +605,10 @@ newent(OFString *what, OFString *a1, OFString *a2, OFString *a3, OFString *a4)
 	EDITSEL;
 	@autoreleasepool {
 		newentity(sel.x, sel.y, (int)player1->o.z, what,
-		    (int)a1.longLongValue, (int)a2.longLongValue,
-		    (int)a3.longLongValue, (int)a4.longLongValue);
+		    (int)[a1 longLongValueWithBase:0],
+		    (int)[a2 longLongValueWithBase:0],
+		    (int)[a3 longLongValueWithBase:0],
+		    (int)[a4 longLongValueWithBase:0]);
 	}
 }