diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
index 8120fac65..f67bbf78d 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ namespace chaiscript
 
       // Generic for u16, u32 and (probably) wchar
       template<typename string_type>
-      static string_type str_from_ll(long long val)
+      string_type str_from_ll(long long val)
       {
         return string_type(1, string_type::value_type(val)); //size, character
       }
 
       // Specialization for char
       template<>
-      static std::string str_from_ll<std::string>(long long val)
+      std::string str_from_ll<std::string>(long long val)
       {
         std::string::value_type c[2];
         c[1] = std::string::value_type(val);
diff --git a/unittests/string_unicode_parse.chai b/unittests/string_unicode_parse.chai
index 8807126eb..50da68bbf 100644
--- a/unittests/string_unicode_parse.chai
+++ b/unittests/string_unicode_parse.chai
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ assert_equal('\udd', '\uDD')
 assert_equal('\u0ee', '\uEE')
 assert_equal('\ue', '\u000E')
 
-assert_equal("\u30\u31\u32", "123")
-assert_equal("\u33Test", "4Test")
+assert_equal("\u30\u31\u32", "012")
+assert_equal("\u33Test", "3Test")
 assert_equal("Test\u0040", "Test@")