diff --git a/hasher.cpp b/hasher.cpp
index 04f5451..234c42d 100644
--- a/hasher.cpp
+++ b/hasher.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 int main() {
     std::string name;
     uint32_t uintname = 0;
+    int64_t brokenSuidContainer = 0;
     char brokenSuid[50];
 
     std::cout << "What is your username? ";
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ int main() {
     // the below is a result of sprintf formatting with the hashing above
     sprintf(brokenSuid, "%i", uintname);
 
-    std::cout << "Username [" << name << "] StationID [proper: " << uintname << " broken: " << brokenSuid << "]\n";
+    // get the above into an int field, partly to eximplify should we want to add this to the login code
+    brokenSuidContainer = std::stoi(brokenSuid);
+
+    std::cout << "Username [" << name << "] StationID [proper: " << uintname << " broken: " << brokenSuidContainer << "]\n";
 }