diff --git a/src/cw/cw_ktv_get_bstr16.c b/src/cw/cw_ktv_get_bstr16.c
index ccbcce51..ebfd0455 100644
--- a/src/cw/cw_ktv_get_bstr16.c
+++ b/src/cw/cw_ktv_get_bstr16.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 bstr16_t cw_ktv_get_bstr16(mavl_t ktv,const char *key, bstr16_t def)
 {
 	cw_KTV_t * k;
-	k = cw_ktv_get(ktv,key,CW_TYPE_STR);
+	k = cw_ktv_get(ktv,key,CW_TYPE_BSTR16);
 	if (k != NULL){
 		return bstr16_create(k->type->data(k),k->type->len(k));
 	}