bencode/decode.go | 2 +-

diff --git a/bencode/decode.go b/bencode/decode.go
index 57d2d0cc67db69fe66851954b945d34f1929238a..0cb04b91554e03561f8df4bacd5eb6df8ba96bfe 100644
--- a/bencode/decode.go
+++ b/bencode/decode.go
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@
 func (d *Decoder) parseStringInterface() string {
 	// read the string length first
 	d.readUntil(':')
-	length, err := strconv.ParseInt(bytesAsString(d.buf.Bytes()), 10, 64)
+	length, err := strconv.ParseInt(bytesAsString(d.buf.Bytes()), 10, 32)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(&SyntaxError{Offset: d.Offset - 1, What: err})
 	}