diff --git a/src/mp3-scanner.c b/src/mp3-scanner.c
index 8196e4ff..827402dd 100644
--- a/src/mp3-scanner.c
+++ b/src/mp3-scanner.c
@@ -300,6 +300,9 @@ int scan_foreground(char *path) {
 		    memset((void*)&mp3file,0,sizeof(mp3file));
 		    mp3file.path=mp3_path;
 		    mp3file.fname=de.d_name;
+
+		    /* FIXME; assumes that st_ino is a u_int_32 */
+		    mp3file.id=sb.st_ino;
 		    
 		    /* Do the tag lookup here */
 		    if(!scan_gettags(mp3file.path,&mp3file) && 
diff --git a/src/mp3-scanner.h b/src/mp3-scanner.h
index ee080f17..65768cde 100644
--- a/src/mp3-scanner.h
+++ b/src/mp3-scanner.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ typedef struct tag_mp3file {
     int file_size;
 
     int got_id3;
-    int id;
+    unsigned int id;
 } MP3FILE;
 
 extern int scan_init(char *path);