diff --git a/mordant/src/nativeMain/kotlin/com/github/ajalt/mordant/internal/MppImpl.kt b/mordant/src/nativeMain/kotlin/com/github/ajalt/mordant/internal/MppImpl.kt
index a960427a4..61caa4291 100644
--- a/mordant/src/nativeMain/kotlin/com/github/ajalt/mordant/internal/MppImpl.kt
+++ b/mordant/src/nativeMain/kotlin/com/github/ajalt/mordant/internal/MppImpl.kt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ internal actual fun codepointSequence(string: String): Sequence<Int> = sequence
             yield(Char.toCodePoint(string[i], string[i + 1]))
             i += 1
         } else {
-            yield(string[i].toInt())
+            yield(string[i].code)
         }
         i += 1
     }