diff --git a/Code/Mantid/DataHandling/src/SaveGSS.cpp b/Code/Mantid/DataHandling/src/SaveGSS.cpp
index bc95a141c67ab6b05fea7f82b7a51e08aac48677..3a1903a7e49e17c9b1874887f5b600a08316b86f 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/DataHandling/src/SaveGSS.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/DataHandling/src/SaveGSS.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ void SaveGSS::exec()
   	ext=filename.substr(pos+1,filename.npos);
   	filename=filename.substr(0,pos);
   }
-  bank=getProperty("Bank");
+  int bank=getProperty("Bank");
   std::string split=getProperty("SplitFiles");
   std::ostringstream number;
   std::fstream out;