--- gstfacedetect.c	2010-01-11 10:03:21.000000000 -0200
+++ gstfacedetect.c.new	2010-01-11 09:59:32.000000000 -0200
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ gst_facedetect_class_init (Gstfacedetect
       g_param_spec_boolean ("display", "Display", "Sets whether the detected faces should be highlighted in the output",
           TRUE, G_PARAM_READWRITE));
   g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_PROFILE,
-      g_param_spec_char ("profile", "Profile", "Location of Haar cascade file to use for face detection",
-          G_MININT8, G_MAXINT8, DEFAULT_PROFILE, G_PARAM_READWRITE));
+      g_param_spec_string ("profile", "Profile", "Location of Haar cascade file to use for face detection",
+          DEFAULT_PROFILE, G_PARAM_READWRITE));
 }
 
 /* initialize the new element
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ gst_facedetect_set_property (GObject * o
 
   switch (prop_id) {
     case PROP_PROFILE:
-      filter->profile = g_value_get_char (value);
+      filter->profile = g_value_get_string (value);
       gst_facedetect_load_profile(filter);
       break;
     case PROP_DISPLAY:
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ gst_facedetect_get_property (GObject * o
 
   switch (prop_id) {
     case PROP_PROFILE:
-      g_value_set_char (value, filter->profile);
+      g_value_set_string (value, filter->profile);
       break;
     case PROP_DISPLAY:
       g_value_set_boolean (value, filter->display);