diff --git a/src/rendering/sprites.h b/src/rendering/sprites.h
index 6825532..2e8d894 100644
--- a/src/rendering/sprites.h
+++ b/src/rendering/sprites.h
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static struct sprite_batch {
         .constant_colored = true,
     };
 
-    const uint32_t uniform_color = *(uint32_t *)&primitives[0].sprite.color;
+    const uint32_t uniform_color = *(const uint32_t *)&primitives[0].sprite.color;
 
     /* batch size is clamped so that reallocated short indices could be used */
     if (len >= QUAD_ELEMENT_BUFFER_LENGTH)
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static struct sprite_batch {
             break;
 
         /* if all are modulated the same we can skip sending the color data */
-        if (batch.constant_colored && *(uint32_t *)&current->sprite.color == uniform_color)
+        if (batch.constant_colored && *(const uint32_t *)&current->sprite.color == uniform_color)
             batch.constant_colored = false;
 
         ++batch.size;