diff --git a/components/nif/node.cpp b/components/nif/node.cpp
index 010a363436..d7b6c3945b 100644
--- a/components/nif/node.cpp
+++ b/components/nif/node.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace Nif
 {
     void NiBoundingVolume::read(NIFStream* nif)
     {
-        type = nif->getUInt();
+        nif->read(type);
         switch (type)
         {
             case BASE_BV:
diff --git a/components/nif/node.hpp b/components/nif/node.hpp
index 76651b05db..51781a5290 100644
--- a/components/nif/node.hpp
+++ b/components/nif/node.hpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace Nif
 
     struct NiBoundingVolume
     {
-        enum Type
+        enum Type : uint32_t
         {
             BASE_BV = 0xFFFFFFFF,
             SPHERE_BV = 0,
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace Nif
             osg::Vec3f origin;
         };
 
-        unsigned int type{ BASE_BV };
+        uint32_t type{ BASE_BV };
         osg::BoundingSpheref sphere;
         NiBoxBV box;
         NiCapsuleBV capsule;