diff --git a/run.c b/run.c
index d8f153e..5d2c487 100644
--- a/run.c
+++ b/run.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     TransformerWeights weights;
     int fd = 0;         // file descriptor for memory mapping
     float* data = NULL; // memory mapped data pointer
-    long file_size;     // size of the checkpoint file in bytes
+    ssize_t file_size;     // size of the checkpoint file in bytes
     {
         FILE *file = fopen(checkpoint, "rb");
         if (!file) { printf("Couldn't open file %s\n", checkpoint); return 1; }
diff --git a/win.h b/win.h
index 12c7f39..c15ee06 100644
--- a/win.h
+++ b/win.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
+#define ssize_t __int64
+#define ftell _ftelli64
 
 // Below code is originally from mman-win32
 //