diff --git a/src/frontend/src/components/intComponent/index.tsx b/src/frontend/src/components/intComponent/index.tsx
index cc9bb73fe..10bcad7bf 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/components/intComponent/index.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/components/intComponent/index.tsx
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ export default function IntComponent({
   const min = -Infinity;
   // Clear component state
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (disabled && value !== "") {
-      onChange("", undefined, true);
+    if (disabled && value !== 0) {
+      onChange(0, undefined, true);
     }
   }, [disabled, onChange]);
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export default function IntComponent({
 
   const handleChangeInput = (e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
     setCursor(e.target.selectionStart);
-    onChange(e.target.value);
+    onChange(Number(e.target.value));
   };
 
   return (
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export default function IntComponent({
         min={rangeSpec?.min ?? min}
         max={rangeSpec?.max ?? undefined}
         onChange={(value) => {
-          onChange(value);
+          onChange(Number(value));
         }}
         value={value ?? ""}
       >
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/components/parameterRenderComponent/index.tsx b/src/frontend/src/components/parameterRenderComponent/index.tsx
index 0ce36524f..50953999f 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/components/parameterRenderComponent/index.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/components/parameterRenderComponent/index.tsx
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export function ParameterRenderComponent({
             id={`int_${id}`}
             disabled={disabled}
             editNode={editNode}
-            value={templateValue ?? ""}
+            value={templateValue ?? 0}
             onChange={onChange}
           />
         ) : templateData.type === "file" ? (
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/types/components/index.ts b/src/frontend/src/types/components/index.ts
index fb1722ed0..c5f2db077 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/types/components/index.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/types/components/index.ts
@@ -269,10 +269,10 @@ export type RangeSpecType = {
 };
 
 export type IntComponentType = {
-  value: string;
+  value: number;
   disabled?: boolean;
   rangeSpec: RangeSpecType;
-  onChange: (value: string, dbValue?: boolean, skipSnapshot?: boolean) => void;
+  onChange: (value: number, dbValue?: boolean, skipSnapshot?: boolean) => void;
   editNode?: boolean;
   id?: string;
 };
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/utils/reactflowUtils.ts b/src/frontend/src/utils/reactflowUtils.ts
index b6104d019..84467951d 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/utils/reactflowUtils.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/utils/reactflowUtils.ts
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ export function handleKeyDown(
   e:
     | React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>
     | React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>,
-  inputValue: string | string[] | null | undefined,
+  inputValue: string | number | string[] | null | undefined,
   block: string,
 ) {
   //condition to fix bug control+backspace on Windows/Linux