diff --git a/src/OpenCV_ImagesSupport.jl b/src/OpenCV_ImagesSupport.jl
index d3ff1e4..49833ab 100644
--- a/src/OpenCV_ImagesSupport.jl
+++ b/src/OpenCV_ImagesSupport.jl
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function convertToMat(image)
    if (cd == 3)   # color (RGB) image
         for j = 1:Base.size(img,2)     # index row first (Mat is row-major order)
             for k =1:Base.size(img,1)  # index column second
-                colorvec = tostdvec([float(img[k,j,1].i),float(img[k,j,2].i),float(img[k,j,3].i)])
+                colorvec = [float(img[k,j,1].i),float(img[k,j,2].i),float(img[k,j,3].i)]
                 pixset(mat, k-1, j-1, colorvec)   # -1 to have 0-indexing per C++
             end
         end
diff --git a/src/OpenCV_Mat.jl b/src/OpenCV_Mat.jl
index 3ae4d47..ac93964 100644
--- a/src/OpenCV_Mat.jl
+++ b/src/OpenCV_Mat.jl
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ end
 
 function pixset(img, row::Int, col::Int, value)
   (row < 0 || col < 0 || row > rows(img) || col > cols(img)) ? throw(BoundsError()) : nothing
+  cppvec = tostdvec(value)
   # Grayscale and binary images (value:: double)
   if (cvtypeval(img) == CV_8UC1)
     @cxx at_u(img, row, col, value);
@@ -194,19 +195,19 @@ function pixset(img, row::Int, col::Int, value)
     @cxx at_d(img, row, col, value);
   # RGB images (value::  std::vector<double>)
   elseif (cvtypeval(img) == CV_8SC3)
-    @cxx at_vc(img, row, col, value);
+    @cxx at_vc(img, row, col, cppvec);
   elseif (cvtypeval(img) == CV_8UC3)
-    @cxx at_v3b(img, row, col, value);
+    @cxx at_v3b(img, row, col, cppvec);
   elseif (cvtypeval(img) == CV_16SC3)
-    @cxx at_v3s(img, row, col, value);
+    @cxx at_v3s(img, row, col, cppvec);
   elseif (cvtypeval(img) == CV_16UC3)
-    @cxx at_v3us(img, row, col, value);
+    @cxx at_v3us(img, row, col, cppvec);
   elseif (cvtypeval(img) == CV_32SC3)
-    @cxx at_v3i(img, row, col, value);
+    @cxx at_v3i(img, row, col, cppvec);
   elseif (cvtypeval(img) == CV_32FC3)
-    @cxx at_v3f(img, row, col, value);
+    @cxx at_v3f(img, row, col, cppvec);
   elseif (cvtypeval(img) == CV_64FC3)
-    @cxx at_v3d(img, row, col, value);
+    @cxx at_v3d(img, row, col, cppvec);
   else throw(ArgumentError("Image format not recognized!"))
   end
 end