diff --git a/radio/src/storage/yaml/yaml_bits.cpp b/radio/src/storage/yaml/yaml_bits.cpp
index 321a830ec..fc77bb98d 100644
--- a/radio/src/storage/yaml/yaml_bits.cpp
+++ b/radio/src/storage/yaml/yaml_bits.cpp
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ int32_t yaml_str2int(const char* val, uint8_t val_len)
     return yaml_str2int_ref(val, val_len);
 }
 
-uint32_t yaml_str2uint_ref(const char* val, uint8_t val_len)
+uint32_t yaml_str2uint_ref(const char*& val, uint8_t& val_len)
 {
     uint32_t i_val = 0;
     
diff --git a/radio/src/storage/yaml/yaml_bits.h b/radio/src/storage/yaml/yaml_bits.h
index 14458d1be..de4d6a4e9 100644
--- a/radio/src/storage/yaml/yaml_bits.h
+++ b/radio/src/storage/yaml/yaml_bits.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ uint32_t yaml_get_bits(uint8_t* src, uint32_t bit_ofs, uint32_t bits);
 bool yaml_is_zero(uint8_t* data, uint32_t bitoffs, uint32_t bits);
 
 int32_t yaml_str2int_ref(const char*& val, uint8_t& val_len);
-uint32_t yaml_str2uint_ref(const char* val, uint8_t val_len);
+uint32_t yaml_str2uint_ref(const char*& val, uint8_t& val_len);
 
 int32_t  yaml_str2int(const char* val, uint8_t val_len);
 uint32_t yaml_str2uint(const char* val, uint8_t val_len);