diff --git a/DQM/include/DQM/HcalGeometryVerifier.h b/DQM/include/DQM/HcalGeometryVerifier.h
index c49b0954b..b0899d477 100644
--- a/DQM/include/DQM/HcalGeometryVerifier.h
+++ b/DQM/include/DQM/HcalGeometryVerifier.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include "SimCore/Event/SimCalorimeterHit.h"
 
 namespace dqm {
-
 class HcalGeometryVerifier : public framework::Analyzer {
  public:
   HcalGeometryVerifier(const std::string &name, framework::Process &process)
diff --git a/DQM/src/DQM/HcalGeometryVerfifier.cxx b/DQM/src/DQM/HcalGeometryVerfifier.cxx
index b6ca69e95..543d3cc5b 100644
--- a/DQM/src/DQM/HcalGeometryVerfifier.cxx
+++ b/DQM/src/DQM/HcalGeometryVerfifier.cxx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ void HcalGeometryVerifier::analyze(const framework::Event &event) {
       hcalRecHitsCollection_, hcalRecHitsPassName_);
 
   for (const auto &hit : hcalSimHits) {
-    const ldmx::HcalID id{hit.getID()};
+    const ldmx::HcalID id{static_cast<unsigned int>(hit.getID())};
     const auto position{hit.getPosition()};
     auto ok{hit_ok(id, {position[0], position[1], position[2]})};
     histograms_.fill("passes_sim", ok);
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void HcalGeometryVerifier::analyze(const framework::Event &event) {
     }
   }
   for (const auto &hit : hcalRecHits) {
-    const ldmx::HcalID id{hit.getID()};
+    const ldmx::HcalID id{static_cast<unsigned int>(hit.getID())};
     auto ok{hit_ok(id, {hit.getXPos(), hit.getYPos(), hit.getZPos()})};
     histograms_.fill("passes_rec", ok);
     switch (id.section()) {