diff --git a/src/DOM.cpp b/src/DOM.cpp
index 84deea6a7..3a98420ee 100644
--- a/src/DOM.cpp
+++ b/src/DOM.cpp
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ bool DOM::get (const std::string& name, const Task& task, Variant& value)
     std::map <std::string, std::string> annos;
     ref.getAnnotations (annos);
 
-    int a = strtol (elements[1].c_str (), NULL, 10);
+    int a = std::stoi (elements[1]);
     int count = 0;
 
     // Count off the 'a'th annotation.