diff --git a/libevmasm/Assembly.cpp b/libevmasm/Assembly.cpp
index 7f84f8617..e472902d9 100644
--- a/libevmasm/Assembly.cpp
+++ b/libevmasm/Assembly.cpp
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ LinkerObject const& Assembly::assemble() const
 //		assertThrow(pos != numeric_limits<size_t>::max(), AssemblyException, "Reference to tag without position.");
 		if (isStaticTagRef.count(i.first)) {
 			pos = pos - (i.first + bytesPerStaticTag); // TODO: calculate relative figure properly
-			cout << "Change position of static jump to " << pos << "\n";
+			cout << "Change position of static jump to " << int16_t(pos) << "\n";
 //			assertThrow(numberEncodingSize(pos) <= bytesPerStaticTag, AssemblyException, "Tag too large for reserved space.");
 			//pos = static_cast<uint16_t>(spos);
 			bytesRef r(ret.bytecode.data() + i.first, bytesPerStaticTag);