diff --git a/referencer-1.0.3-x86_64.patch b/referencer-1.0.3-x86_64.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50912ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/referencer-1.0.3-x86_64.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+diff -r -U 5 referencer-1.0.3.orig/src/BibData.C referencer-1.0.3/src/BibData.C
+--- referencer-1.0.3.orig/src/BibData.C	2007-04-28 15:29:15.000000000 -0600
++++ referencer-1.0.3/src/BibData.C	2007-05-26 17:21:50.000000000 -0600
+@@ -398,11 +398,11 @@
+ 		"<b><big>Retrieving metadata</big></b>\n\n"
+ 		"Contacting citebase.org to retrieve metadata for '"
+ 		+ extras_["eprint"] + "'\n";
+ 
+ 	Glib::ustring arxivid = extras_["eprint"];
+-	unsigned int index = arxivid.find ("v");
++	int index = arxivid.find ("v");
+ 	if (index != Glib::ustring::npos) {
+ 		arxivid = arxivid.substr (0, index);
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	arxivid = Glib::Markup::escape_text (arxivid);
+diff -r -U 5 referencer-1.0.3.orig/src/Document.C referencer-1.0.3/src/Document.C
+--- referencer-1.0.3.orig/src/Document.C	2007-04-28 15:29:15.000000000 -0600
++++ referencer-1.0.3/src/Document.C	2007-05-26 17:08:02.000000000 -0600
+@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@
+ 	// Ideally Chambers06
+ 	// If not then pap104
+ 	// If not then Unnamed-5
+ 	Glib::ustring name;
+ 
+-	unsigned int const maxlen = 14;
++	Glib::ustring::size_type const maxlen = 14;
+ 
+ 	if (!bib_.getAuthors().empty ()) {
+ 		Glib::ustring year = bib_.getYear ();
+ 		if (year.size() == 4)
+ 			year = year.substr (2,3);
+@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@
+ 		name = authors + year;
+ 	} else if (!filename_.empty ()) {
+ 		Glib::ustring filename = Gnome::Vfs::unescape_string_for_display (
+ 			Glib::path_get_basename (filename_));
+ 
+-		unsigned int periodpos = filename.find_last_of (".");
++		int periodpos = filename.find_last_of (".");
+ 		if (periodpos != std::string::npos) {
+ 			filename = filename.substr (0, periodpos);
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		name = filename;
+@@ -484,11 +484,11 @@
+ 	Glib::ustring shortname = olduri->extract_short_name ();
+ 	std::cerr << "Shortname = " << shortname << "\n";
+ 	Glib::ustring dirname = olduri->extract_dirname ();
+ 	std::cerr << "Dirname = " << dirname << "\n";
+ 
+-	unsigned int pos = shortname.rfind (".");
++	int pos = shortname.rfind (".");
+ 	Glib::ustring extension = "";
+ 	if (pos != Glib::ustring::npos)
+ 		extension = shortname.substr (pos, shortname.length() - 1);
+ 
+ 	Glib::ustring newfilename = getKey() + extension;
+diff -r -U 5 referencer-1.0.3.orig/src/Utility.C referencer-1.0.3/src/Utility.C
+--- referencer-1.0.3.orig/src/Utility.C	2007-04-28 15:29:15.000000000 -0600
++++ referencer-1.0.3/src/Utility.C	2007-05-26 17:19:02.000000000 -0600
+@@ -228,12 +228,12 @@
+ 
+ 
+ std::string escapeBibtexAccents (
+ 	Glib::ustring target)
+ {
+-	std::cerr << "escapeBibtexAccents '" << target << "'\n";
+-	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < target.length(); ++i) {
++	//std::cerr << "escapeBibtexAccents '" << target << "'\n";
++	for (Glib::ustring::size_type i = 0; i < target.length(); ++i) {
+ 		gunichar letter = target[i];
+ 		std::cerr << (char)letter << "\n";
+ 		if (letter < 128) {
+ 			// Rationale: although in general we pass through {,},\ etc to allow
+ 			// the user to use his own latex-isms, the ampersand has no legitimate
+@@ -288,11 +288,11 @@
+ 	Glib::ustring separator = Glib::build_filename ("-", "-");
+ 	separator = separator.substr (1, separator.length() - 2);
+ 
+ 	std::vector<Glib::ustring> libparts;
+ 
+-	unsigned int next;
++	int next;
+ 	while ((next = parent.find (separator)) != Glib::ustring::npos) {
+ 		Glib::ustring chunk = parent.substr (0, next);
+ 		libparts.push_back (chunk);
+ 		parent = parent.substr (next + 1, parent.length() - 1);
+ 	}
diff --git a/referencer.spec b/referencer.spec
index d084db1..71a53f8 100644
--- a/referencer.spec
+++ b/referencer.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 Name:		referencer
 Summary:	A document organiser and bibliography manager for Gnome
 Version:	1.0.3
-Release:	2%{?dist}
+Release:	3%{?dist}
 Group:		Applications/System
 License:	GPL
 URL:		http://icculus.org/referencer
 Source0:	http://icculus.org/referencer/downloads/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:		referencer-1.0.3-x86_64.patch
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:	poppler-devel libgnomeuimm26-devel
 BuildRequires:	boost-devel gcc-c++
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ import from BibTeX, Reference Manager and EndNote, and tagging.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .x64
 
 %build
 %configure --disable-update-mime-database
@@ -68,6 +70,9 @@ update-mime-database %{_datadir}/mime &> /dev/null || :
 %{_datadir}/referencer/
 
 %changelog
+* Wed May 30 2007 Rick L Vinyard Jr <rvinyard@cs.nmsu.edu> - 1.0.3-3
+- Fix the crash on x86_64
+
 * Sat May 05 2007 Deji Akingunola <dakingun@gmail.com> - 1.0.3-2
 - Preserve timestamp (from package review)