diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 2401d74..7ca837b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 0.29:
+  save 8 bytes in taia.h for 64-bit systems
 
 0.28:
   add uint64 pack and unpack routines
diff --git a/taia.h b/taia.h
index 3c14a0b..9576b06 100644
--- a/taia.h
+++ b/taia.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 /* Times with 1 attosecond precision */
 
 #include "tai.h"
+#include "uint32.h"
 
 /* A struct taia value is a number between 0 inclusive and 2^64
  * exclusive. The number is a multiple of 10^-18. The format of struct
@@ -11,8 +12,8 @@
  * not look inside struct taia. */
 typedef struct taia {
   struct tai sec;
-  unsigned long nano; /* 0...999999999 */
-  unsigned long atto; /* 0...999999999 */
+  uint32 nano; /* 0...999999999 */
+  uint32 atto; /* 0...999999999 */
 } tai6464;
 
 /* extract seconds */