diff --git a/bsp_q7s/core/CoreController.cpp b/bsp_q7s/core/CoreController.cpp
index b3c62ead..77e499b1 100644
--- a/bsp_q7s/core/CoreController.cpp
+++ b/bsp_q7s/core/CoreController.cpp
@@ -2102,9 +2102,8 @@ ReturnValue_t CoreController::initLeapSecondsFromFile() {
     }
     iss >> nextWord;
     uint16_t leapSeconds = 0;
-    size_t checkPtr;
-    leapSeconds = std::stoi(nextWord.c_str(), &checkPtr, 10);
-    if (iss.bad() or checkPtr) {
+    leapSeconds = std::stoi(nextWord.c_str());
+    if (iss.bad()) {
       return returnvalue::FAILED;
     }
     Clock::setLeapSeconds(leapSeconds);