diff --git a/liblangutil/Exceptions.cpp b/liblangutil/Exceptions.cpp
index dd0de9d0a..058ca4175 100644
--- a/liblangutil/Exceptions.cpp
+++ b/liblangutil/Exceptions.cpp
@@ -80,5 +80,5 @@ static std::optional<Severity> severityFromString(std::string _severity)
 
     _severity[0] = toupper(_severity[0]);
 
-    return std::make_optional<Severity>(_severity).has_value() ? std::optional<Severity>(_severity).value() : std::nullopt;
+    return std::make_optional<std::string>(_severity).has_value() ? std::optional<std::string>(_severity).value() : std::nullopt;
 }
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