diff --git a/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/llvm/types/LLVMCharType.kt b/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/llvm/types/LLVMCharType.kt
index 663b700ea16..468ae2ba83b 100644
--- a/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/llvm/types/LLVMCharType.kt
+++ b/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/llvm/types/LLVMCharType.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package org.kotlinnative.translator.llvm.types
 
+import org.kotlinnative.translator.exceptions.UnimplementedException
+import org.kotlinnative.translator.llvm.LLVMConstant
 import org.kotlinnative.translator.llvm.LLVMExpression
 import org.kotlinnative.translator.llvm.LLVMSingleValue
+import org.kotlinnative.translator.llvm.LLVMVariable
 
 class LLVMCharType() : LLVMType() {
     override fun operatorLt(firstOp: LLVMSingleValue, secondOp: LLVMSingleValue): LLVMExpression =
@@ -26,6 +29,8 @@ class LLVMCharType() : LLVMType() {
         return other is LLVMCharType
     }
 
+    override fun parseArg(inputArg: String) = inputArg.first().toInt().toString()
+
     override fun mangle() = "Char"
 
     override val align = 1
diff --git a/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/llvm/types/LLVMType.kt b/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/llvm/types/LLVMType.kt
index af7f859bb38..ee7c8577695 100644
--- a/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/llvm/types/LLVMType.kt
+++ b/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/llvm/types/LLVMType.kt
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package org.kotlinnative.translator.llvm.types
 
 import org.kotlinnative.translator.exceptions.UnimplementedException
+import org.kotlinnative.translator.llvm.LLVMConstant
 import org.kotlinnative.translator.llvm.LLVMExpression
 import org.kotlinnative.translator.llvm.LLVMSingleValue
+import org.kotlinnative.translator.llvm.LLVMVariable
 
 abstract class LLVMType() : Cloneable {
 
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ abstract class LLVMType() : Cloneable {
     fun makeClone() = clone()
 
     open fun convertFrom(source: LLVMSingleValue): LLVMExpression = throw UnimplementedException()
+
     abstract fun mangle(): String
 
     abstract val align: Int