diff --git a/src/cc/games/prices.cpp b/src/cc/games/prices.cpp
index f8f61085b..ed5c285c3 100644
--- a/src/cc/games/prices.cpp
+++ b/src/cc/games/prices.cpp
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ int64_t prices_bardist(struct prices_bar *bar,uint32_t aveprice,uint64_t pricebi
     int64_t dist = 0; uint32_t uprice = (uint32_t)pricebits;
     if ( aveprice != 0 )
     {
-        dist = (uprice - aveprice);
-        dist *= dist;
+        dist = ((int64_t)(uprice - aveprice) * (uprice - aveprice));
         fprintf(stderr,"dist.%lld (u %u - ave %u) %d\n",(long long)dist,uprice,aveprice,uprice-aveprice);
     }
     return(dist);