diff --git a/src/usr/include/stdarg.h b/src/usr/include/stdarg.h
index 0c0bcb4..126c0b8 100644
--- a/src/usr/include/stdarg.h
+++ b/src/usr/include/stdarg.h
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ namespace std {
 #endif
 
 typedef struct va_list {
-    int *base;  // using int* to jmp at 4 bytes gap
+    void *base;
 } va_list;
 
-#define va_start(list, last) ((list).base = (((int*)&(last))+1))
+#define va_start(list, last) ((list).base = ((void*)(&(last)+1)))
 #define va_end(list) (list).base = NULL
-#define va_arg(list, type) (*(type*)((list).base++))
+#define va_arg(list, type) (*(type*)((list).base+=sizeof(type), \ 
+                                     (list).base-sizeof(type)))
 #define va_copy(dst, src) (dst).base = (src).base
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/src/usr/lib/stdio.c b/src/usr/lib/stdio.c
index ec5f546..54d2f61 100644
--- a/src/usr/lib/stdio.c
+++ b/src/usr/lib/stdio.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static int vsnprintf(char *s, size_t n, const char *fmt, va_list args) {
                 s[len++]='%';
                 break;
             case 'c':
-                s[len++]=va_arg(args, char);
+                s[len++]=(char)va_arg(args, int);
                 break;
             case 's':
                 innerstr = va_arg(args, const char*);