diff --git a/examples/cpp/discovery_server/CLIParser.hpp b/examples/cpp/discovery_server/CLIParser.hpp
index c00bcccc312..3bd233147c5 100644
--- a/examples/cpp/discovery_server/CLIParser.hpp
+++ b/examples/cpp/discovery_server/CLIParser.hpp
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ class CLIParser
                             }
                             else
                             {
-                                config.pub_config.interval = static_cast<uint32_t>(input);
+                                config.pub_config.interval = static_cast<uint16_t>(input);
                             }
                         }
                         catch (const std::invalid_argument& e)