diff --git a/libraries/render/src/render/drawItemStatus.slv b/libraries/render/src/render/drawItemStatus.slv
index 4eff5c71d7..eb56095d13 100644
--- a/libraries/render/src/render/drawItemStatus.slv
+++ b/libraries/render/src/render/drawItemStatus.slv
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ vec3 paintRainbow(float nv) {
 
 vec2 unpackStatus(int v) {
  //   return unpackSnorm2x16(uint(packed));
-    return vec2(clamp((float(uint(v) & 0xFFFF) - 32727.0) / 32727.0, -1.0, 1.0),
-                clamp((float((uint(v) >> 16) & 0xFFFF) - 32727.0) / 32727.0, -1.0, 1.0));
+    return vec2(clamp(float((v & 0xFFFF) - 32727) / 32727.0, -1.0, 1.0),
+                clamp(float(((v >> 16) & 0xFFFF) - 32727) / 32727.0, -1.0, 1.0));
 }
 
 void main(void) {