Nucleus

diff --git a/include/nucleus/cpu.h b/include/nucleus/cpu.h
index c379cb0..8ed1f43 100644
--- a/include/nucleus/cpu.h
+++ b/include/nucleus/cpu.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
+typedef unsigned int cpu_t;
+
 /* Structure for an Interrupt Frame */
 struct InterruptFrame {
 	uint32_t eip, cs, eflags;
@@ -15,8 +17,8 @@ extern uintptr_t lapicPtr, ioapicPtr;
 #define LAPIC(off)  (*((uint32_t *) ((uint32_t)  lapicPtr + (off))))
 #define IOAPIC(off) (*((uint32_t *) ((uint32_t) ioapicPtr + (off))))
 
-extern uint8_t lapicNums[];
-#define CPUID lapicNums[(uint8_t) (LAPIC(0x20) >> 24)]
+extern cpu_t lapicNums[];
+#define CPUID lapicNums[(cpu_t) (LAPIC(0x20) >> 24)]
 #define MAX_CPUS 2
 
 /* Push/pop interrupts */