diff --git a/src/opcodes.c b/src/opcodes.c
index cd4507595ae80f1264f1f1d017cafbfe8ef29565..be83d5c5abddfdc8cdc968e405d93415c2d0c45b 100644
--- a/src/opcodes.c
+++ b/src/opcodes.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include "security.h"
 #include "bignum.h"
 
-RCSID("$Id: opcodes.c,v 1.60 1999/10/31 22:14:51 grubba Exp $");
+RCSID("$Id: opcodes.c,v 1.61 1999/10/31 22:32:45 grubba Exp $");
 
 void index_no_free(struct svalue *to,struct svalue *what,struct svalue *ind)
 {
@@ -1091,9 +1091,9 @@ static INT32 PIKE_CONCAT4(very_low_sscanf_,INPUT_SHIFT,_,MATCH_SHIFT)(	\
 	  case 'x': base = 16; break;					\
 	  }								\
 	  								\
-	  /* FIXME! */							\
-	  string_to_svalue_inumber(&sval, input+eye, &t,		\
-				   base, field_length);			\
+	  wide_string_to_svalue_inumber(&sval, input+eye, (void **)&t,	\
+					base, field_length,		\
+					INPUT_SHIFT);			\
 									\
 	  if(input + eye == t)						\
 	  {								\