diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/src/entities_game_service/player_manager/cdb_branch.cpp b/code/ryzom/server/src/entities_game_service/player_manager/cdb_branch.cpp
index d54dbd694..44205d02a 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/src/entities_game_service/player_manager/cdb_branch.cpp
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/src/entities_game_service/player_manager/cdb_branch.cpp
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ void CCDBStructNodeBranch::init( xmlNodePtr node, NLMISC::IProgressCallback &pro
 		{
 			// dealing with an array of entries
 			uint countAsInt;
-			NLMISC::fromString(count, countAsInt);
+			NLMISC::fromString(count.str(), countAsInt);
 			nlassert((const char *) count != NULL);
 
 			for (uint i=0;i<countAsInt;i++)
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ void CCDBStructNodeBranch::init( xmlNodePtr node, NLMISC::IProgressCallback &pro
 		{
 			// dealing with an array of entries
 			uint countAsInt;
-			NLMISC::fromString(count, countAsInt);
+			NLMISC::fromString(count.str(), countAsInt);
 			nlassert((const char *) count != NULL);
 
 			for (uint i=0;i<countAsInt;i++)