diff --git a/src/main/java/kamkeel/npcs/network/packets/request/role/RoleGetPacket.java b/src/main/java/kamkeel/npcs/network/packets/request/role/RoleGetPacket.java
index 762a34ca4..46accdce7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/kamkeel/npcs/network/packets/request/role/RoleGetPacket.java
+++ b/src/main/java/kamkeel/npcs/network/packets/request/role/RoleGetPacket.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public final class RoleGetPacket extends AbstractPacket {
 
         NBTTagCompound compound = new NBTTagCompound();
         compound.setBoolean("RoleData", true);
+        compound.setInteger("RoleOrdinal", npc.advanced.role.ordinal());
         GuiDataPacket.sendGuiData((EntityPlayerMP) player, npc.roleInterface.writeToNBT(compound));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/client/gui/mainmenu/GuiNpcAdvanced.java b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/client/gui/mainmenu/GuiNpcAdvanced.java
index aa00ed09f..2d8466d1c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/client/gui/mainmenu/GuiNpcAdvanced.java
+++ b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/client/gui/mainmenu/GuiNpcAdvanced.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class GuiNpcAdvanced extends GuiNPCInterface2 implements IGuiData {
     @Override
     public void setGuiData(NBTTagCompound compound) {
         if (compound.hasKey("RoleData")) {
-            npc.advanced.setRole(compound.getByte("RoleData"));
+            npc.advanced.setRole(compound.getInteger("RoleOrdinal"));
             if (npc.roleInterface != null)
                 npc.roleInterface.readFromNBT(compound);