diff --git a/console_cmds.c b/console_cmds.c
--- a/console_cmds.c
+++ b/console_cmds.c
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ void IConsoleStdLibRegister(void)
 	IConsoleVarRegister("autoclean_unprotected", &_network_autoclean_unprotected, ICONSOLE_VAR_BYTE, "Automatically shut down inactive companies after the given amount of months");
 	IConsoleVarHookAdd("autoclean_unprotected",  ICONSOLE_HOOK_ACCESS, ConHookServerOnly);
 
-	IConsoleVarRegister("restart_game_date",     &_network_restart_game_date, ICONSOLE_VAR_BYTE, "Auto-restart the server when Jan 1st of the set year is reached. Use '0' to disable this");
+	IConsoleVarRegister("restart_game_date",     &_network_restart_game_date, ICONSOLE_VAR_UINT16, "Auto-restart the server when Jan 1st of the set year is reached. Use '0' to disable this");
 	IConsoleVarHookAdd("restart_game_date",      ICONSOLE_HOOK_ACCESS, ConHookServerOnly);
 
 #endif /* ENABLE_NETWORK */