diff --git a/checker/checker.go b/checker/checker.go
index ecf7a04d..314cb65b 100644
--- a/checker/checker.go
+++ b/checker/checker.go
@@ -1039,9 +1039,11 @@ func traverseAndReplaceIntegerNodesWithIntegerNodes(node *ast.Node, newType refl
 	case *ast.IntegerNode:
 		(*node).SetType(newType)
 	case *ast.UnaryNode:
+		(*node).SetType(newType)
 		unaryNode := (*node).(*ast.UnaryNode)
 		traverseAndReplaceIntegerNodesWithIntegerNodes(&unaryNode.Node, newType)
 	case *ast.BinaryNode:
+		// TODO: Binary node return type is dependent on the type of the operands. We can't just change the type of the node.
 		binaryNode := (*node).(*ast.BinaryNode)
 		switch binaryNode.Operator {
 		case "+", "-", "*":
diff --git a/compiler/compiler.go b/compiler/compiler.go
index 1aa5ce18..c04611bd 100644
--- a/compiler/compiler.go
+++ b/compiler/compiler.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package compiler
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"math"
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
 
@@ -329,22 +330,49 @@ func (c *compiler) IntegerNode(node *ast.IntegerNode) {
 	case reflect.Int:
 		c.emitPush(node.Value)
 	case reflect.Int8:
+		if node.Value > math.MaxInt8 || node.Value < math.MinInt8 {
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("constant %d overflows int8", node.Value))
+		}
 		c.emitPush(int8(node.Value))
 	case reflect.Int16:
+		if node.Value > math.MaxInt16 || node.Value < math.MinInt16 {
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("constant %d overflows int16", node.Value))
+		}
 		c.emitPush(int16(node.Value))
 	case reflect.Int32:
+		if node.Value > math.MaxInt32 || node.Value < math.MinInt32 {
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("constant %d overflows int32", node.Value))
+		}
 		c.emitPush(int32(node.Value))
 	case reflect.Int64:
+		if node.Value > math.MaxInt64 || node.Value < math.MinInt64 {
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("constant %d overflows int64", node.Value))
+		}
 		c.emitPush(int64(node.Value))
 	case reflect.Uint:
+		if node.Value < 0 {
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("constant %d overflows uint", node.Value))
+		}
 		c.emitPush(uint(node.Value))
 	case reflect.Uint8:
+		if node.Value > math.MaxUint8 || node.Value < 0 {
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("constant %d overflows uint8", node.Value))
+		}
 		c.emitPush(uint8(node.Value))
 	case reflect.Uint16:
+		if node.Value > math.MaxUint16 || node.Value < 0 {
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("constant %d overflows uint16", node.Value))
+		}
 		c.emitPush(uint16(node.Value))
 	case reflect.Uint32:
+		if node.Value > math.MaxUint32 || node.Value < 0 {
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("constant %d overflows uint32", node.Value))
+		}
 		c.emitPush(uint32(node.Value))
 	case reflect.Uint64:
+		if node.Value < 0 {
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("constant %d overflows uint64", node.Value))
+		}
 		c.emitPush(uint64(node.Value))
 	default:
 		c.emitPush(node.Value)
diff --git a/expr_test.go b/expr_test.go
index 2c8ab461..e16d987a 100644
--- a/expr_test.go
+++ b/expr_test.go
@@ -2645,3 +2645,17 @@ func TestIssue_570(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.IsType(t, nil, out)
 }
+
+func TestIssue_integer_truncated_by_compiler(t *testing.T) {
+	env := map[string]any{
+		"fn": func(x byte) byte {
+			return x
+		},
+	}
+
+	_, err := expr.Compile("fn(255)", expr.Env(env))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, err = expr.Compile("fn(256)", expr.Env(env))
+	require.Error(t, err)
+}