diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/WorkingTypes/wbyte.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/WorkingTypes/wbyte.cs
index f09a152bd6..aeabe1ffd6 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/WorkingTypes/wbyte.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/WorkingTypes/wbyte.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Common.WorkingTypes
 		public const Byte MinValue = Byte.MinValue;
 		public static implicit operator wbyte(uint value)
 		{
-			return value;
+			return new wbyte(value);
 		}
 		public static implicit operator byte(wbyte value)
 		{
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/WorkingTypes/wsbyte.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/WorkingTypes/wsbyte.cs
index 859b0a563c..183f4af48e 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/WorkingTypes/wsbyte.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/WorkingTypes/wsbyte.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Common.WorkingTypes
 		public const SByte MinValue = SByte.MinValue;
 		public static implicit operator wsbyte(int value)
 		{
-			return value;
+			return new wsbyte(value);
 		}
 		public static implicit operator SByte(wsbyte value)
 		{
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/WorkingTypes/wshort.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/WorkingTypes/wshort.cs
index 04040691b9..7e0808471f 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/WorkingTypes/wshort.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/WorkingTypes/wshort.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Common.WorkingTypes
 		public const Int16 MinValue = Int16.MinValue;
 		public static implicit operator wshort(int value)
 		{
-			return value;
+			return new wshort(value);
 		}
 		public static implicit operator Int16(wshort value)
 		{
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/WorkingTypes/wushort.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/WorkingTypes/wushort.cs
index 3e5a84abe3..57851100b6 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/WorkingTypes/wushort.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/WorkingTypes/wushort.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Common.WorkingTypes
 		public const UInt16 MinValue = UInt16.MinValue;
 		public static implicit operator wushort(uint value)
 		{
-			return value;
+			return new wushort(value);
 		}
 		public static implicit operator ushort(wushort value)
 		{