diff --git a/pkg/strvals/parser.go b/pkg/strvals/parser.go
index 457b99f94..c60a8cf76 100644
--- a/pkg/strvals/parser.go
+++ b/pkg/strvals/parser.go
@@ -432,12 +432,12 @@ func typedVal(v []rune, st bool) interface{} {
 	}
 
 	if strings.EqualFold(val, "0") {
-		return int64(0)
+		return float64(0)
 	}
 
 	// If this value does not start with zero, try parsing it to an int
 	if len(val) != 0 && val[0] != '0' {
-		if iv, err := strconv.ParseInt(val, 10, 64); err == nil {
+		if iv, err := strconv.ParseFloat(val, 64); err == nil {
 			return iv
 		}
 	}