diff --git a/misc/201903_finiterectlat_AaroBEC_Mie.py b/misc/201903_finiterectlat_AaroBEC_Mie.py
index 3458835..5f3e899 100755
--- a/misc/201903_finiterectlat_AaroBEC_Mie.py
+++ b/misc/201903_finiterectlat_AaroBEC_Mie.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ nm = 1e-9
 
 
 if 'SLURM_CPUS_PER_TASK' in os.environ:
-        scatsystem_set_nthreads(os.environ['SLURM_CPUS_PER_TASK'])
+        scatsystem_set_nthreads(int(os.environ['SLURM_CPUS_PER_TASK']))
 
 
 rewrite_output = '--rewrite-output' in sys.argv
diff --git a/misc/201903_finiterectlat_AaroBEC_fatMie.py b/misc/201903_finiterectlat_AaroBEC_fatMie.py
index 2976e35..7a0b205 100755
--- a/misc/201903_finiterectlat_AaroBEC_fatMie.py
+++ b/misc/201903_finiterectlat_AaroBEC_fatMie.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
 if 'SLURM_CPUS_PER_TASK' in os.environ:
-    scatsystem_set_nthreads(os.environ['SLURM_CPUS_PER_TASK'])
+    scatsystem_set_nthreads(int(os.environ['SLURM_CPUS_PER_TASK']))
 
 nm = 1e-9