diff --git a/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx b/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx
index efa2c799c..ff07c4d3c 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ export default function GenericNode({
                         !data.node!.template[templateField]?.advanced && (
                           <ParameterComponent
                             selected={selected}
-                            index={idx.toString()}
+                            index={idx}
                             key={scapedJSONStringfy({
                               inputTypes:
                                 data.node!.template[templateField].input_types,
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ export default function GenericNode({
                     !data.node!.template[templateField]?.advanced ? (
                       <ParameterComponent
                         selected={selected}
-                        index={idx.toString()}
+                        index={idx}
                         key={scapedJSONStringfy({
                           inputTypes:
                             data.node!.template[templateField].input_types,
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/types/components/index.ts b/src/frontend/src/types/components/index.ts
index 40b835c36..5dbfd7b88 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/types/components/index.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/types/components/index.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export type ParameterComponentType = {
   info?: string;
   proxy?: { field: string; id: string };
   showNode?: boolean;
-  index?: string;
+  index: number;
   onCloseModal?: (close: boolean) => void;
   outputName?: string;
   outputProxy?: OutputFieldProxyType;