diff --git a/src/economy.cpp b/src/economy.cpp
index 4e9d85c9b7..30180cee25 100644
--- a/src/economy.cpp
+++ b/src/economy.cpp
@@ -1909,7 +1909,7 @@ static const SaveLoad _economy_desc[] = {
 	SLE_CONDVAR(Economy, max_loan_unround, SLE_FILE_I32 | SLE_VAR_I64,  0, 64),
 	SLE_CONDVAR(Economy, max_loan_unround, SLE_INT64,                  65, SL_MAX_VERSION),
 	SLE_CONDVAR(Economy, max_loan_unround_fract, SLE_UINT16,           70, SL_MAX_VERSION),
-	    SLE_VAR(Economy, fluct,            SLE_FILE_I16 | SLE_VAR_I32),
+	    SLE_VAR(Economy, fluct,            SLE_INT16),
 	    SLE_VAR(Economy, interest_rate,    SLE_UINT8),
 	    SLE_VAR(Economy, infl_amount,      SLE_UINT8),
 	    SLE_VAR(Economy, infl_amount_pr,   SLE_UINT8),
diff --git a/src/economy_type.h b/src/economy_type.h
index ae00296ead..f516e57ef0 100644
--- a/src/economy_type.h
+++ b/src/economy_type.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ struct Economy {
 	Money max_loan;         ///< Maximum possible loan
 	Money max_loan_unround; ///< Economy fluctuation status
 	uint16 max_loan_unround_fract; ///< Fraction of the unrounded max loan
-	int fluct;
+	int16 fluct;
 	byte interest_rate;     ///< Interest
 	byte infl_amount;       ///< inflation amount
 	byte infl_amount_pr;    ///< inflation rate for payment rates
diff --git a/src/oldloader.cpp b/src/oldloader.cpp
index 124efe4f3b..90ec6ef792 100644
--- a/src/oldloader.cpp
+++ b/src/oldloader.cpp
@@ -1563,7 +1563,7 @@ static const OldChunks main_chunk[] = {
 
 	OCL_VAR ( OC_FILE_U32 | OC_VAR_I64,   1, &_economy.max_loan ),
 	OCL_VAR ( OC_FILE_U32 | OC_VAR_I64,   1, &_economy.max_loan_unround ),
-	OCL_VAR ( OC_FILE_U16 | OC_VAR_U32,   1, &_economy.fluct ),
+	OCL_VAR (  OC_INT16,    1, &_economy.fluct ),
 
 	OCL_VAR ( OC_UINT16,    1, &_disaster_delay ),