diff --git a/tools/python/src/sequence_segmenter.cpp b/tools/python/src/sequence_segmenter.cpp
index 4ef5e17ed..534002cac 100644
--- a/tools/python/src/sequence_segmenter.cpp
+++ b/tools/python/src/sequence_segmenter.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public:
         unsigned long position
     ) const
     {
-        for (long i = 0; i < x[position].size(); ++i)
+        for (unsigned long i = 0; i < x[position].size(); ++i)
         {
             set_feature(x[position][i].first, x[position][i].second);
         }