diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/research/libsl/visitors/ExpressionVisitor.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/research/libsl/visitors/ExpressionVisitor.kt
index 40d9086c..c3980ca3 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/research/libsl/visitors/ExpressionVisitor.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/research/libsl/visitors/ExpressionVisitor.kt
@@ -277,14 +277,15 @@ class ExpressionVisitor(
     }
 
     fun convertBinHexOctToPrimitives(num: String, type: String): Number {
+        val isInt = "i".equals(type)
         val result: Number = if (num.startsWith(HEX_PREFIX)) {
-            if ("i".equals(type)) parseInt(num.drop(2), 16) else parseLong(num.drop(2), 16)
+            if (isInt) parseInt(num.drop(2), 16) else parseLong(num.drop(2), 16)
         } else if (num.startsWith(BIN_PREFIX)) {
-            if ("i".equals(type)) parseInt(num.drop(2), 2) else parseLong(num.drop(2), 2)
+            if (isInt) parseInt(num.drop(2), 2) else parseLong(num.drop(2), 2)
         } else if (num.startsWith(OCT_PREFIX) && num.length > 1) {
-            if ("i".equals(type)) parseInt(num.drop(1), 8) else parseLong(num.drop(1), 8)
+            if (isInt) parseInt(num.drop(1), 8) else parseLong(num.drop(1), 8)
         } else {
-            if ("i".equals(type)) num.toInt() else num.toLong()
+            if (isInt) num.toInt() else num.toLong()
         }
         return result;
     }
diff --git a/src/test/testdata/expected/lsl/charLiterals.lsl b/src/test/testdata/expected/lsl/charLiterals.lsl
index ff5ac7b0..52cfb081 100644
--- a/src/test/testdata/expected/lsl/charLiterals.lsl
+++ b/src/test/testdata/expected/lsl/charLiterals.lsl
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ typealias Char = char;
 automaton A : Int {
     var ch1: Char = 'A';
     var ch2: Char = 'a';
-    var ch3: Char = 52;
+    var ch3: Char = '狐';
     var ch4: Char = '*';
-    var ch5: Char = '';
-    var ch6: Char = 'S';
+    var ch5: Char = 'S';
 }
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diff --git a/src/test/testdata/lsl/charLiterals.lsl b/src/test/testdata/lsl/charLiterals.lsl
index f7ffc360..393e5aa3 100644
--- a/src/test/testdata/lsl/charLiterals.lsl
+++ b/src/test/testdata/lsl/charLiterals.lsl
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ typealias Char = char;
 automaton A : Int {
     var ch1: Char = '\u0041';
     var ch2: Char = 'a';
-    var ch3: Char = 52;
+    var ch3: Char = '\u72D0';
     var ch4: Char = '\52';
-    var ch5: Char = '\5';
-    var ch6: Char = '\123';
+    var ch5: Char = '\123';
 }
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