diff --git a/src/debug.cpp b/src/debug.cpp
index aff90c7..80c0d65 100644
--- a/src/debug.cpp
+++ b/src/debug.cpp
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ namespace bx
 
 		if (NULL != _data)
 		{
-			const uint8_t* data = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(_data);
+			const uint8_t* data = (const uint8_t*)_data;
 			char hex[HEX_DUMP_WIDTH*3+1];
 			char ascii[HEX_DUMP_WIDTH+1];
 			uint32_t hexPos = 0;
diff --git a/tools/bin2c/bin2c.cpp b/tools/bin2c/bin2c.cpp
index 49cd923..75743de 100644
--- a/tools/bin2c/bin2c.cpp
+++ b/tools/bin2c/bin2c.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public:
 
 	void outputString(bx::WriterI* _writer)
 	{
-		const char* data = (const char*)m_mb.more(0);
+		const uint8_t* data = (const uint8_t*)m_mb.more(0);
 		uint32_t size = uint32_t(bx::seek(&m_mw) );
 
 		bx::Error err;
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public:
 
 			for (uint32_t ii = 0; ii < size; ++ii)
 			{
-				char ch = data[ii];
+				const char ch = char(data[ii]);
 
 				if (!escaped)
 				{
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public:
 #define HEX_DUMP_WIDTH 16
 #define HEX_DUMP_SPACE_WIDTH 96
 #define HEX_DUMP_FORMAT "%-" BX_STRINGIZE(HEX_DUMP_SPACE_WIDTH) "." BX_STRINGIZE(HEX_DUMP_SPACE_WIDTH) "s"
-		const char* data = (const char*)m_mb.more(0);
+		const uint8_t* data = (const uint8_t*)m_mb.more(0);
 		uint32_t size = uint32_t(bx::seek(&m_mw) );
 
 		bx::Error err;