diff --git a/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/Client.php b/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/Client.php
index e3b8d4f..a14156b 100644
--- a/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/Client.php
+++ b/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/Client.php
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public function getServerKey($stats)
     protected function addToSend($stats, $value, $sampleRate, $unit, $tags)
     {
         $message = new MessageEntity(
-            (string) $stats, (int) $value, (string) $unit, (float) $sampleRate, $tags
+            (string) $stats, $value, (string) $unit, (float) $sampleRate, $tags
         );
 
         $queue = [
diff --git a/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/MessageEntity.php b/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/MessageEntity.php
index bc0359d..5d75029 100644
--- a/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/MessageEntity.php
+++ b/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/MessageEntity.php
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ class MessageEntity
     protected $tags = [];
 
     /**
-     * @param string $node       node
-     * @param int    $value      value of the node
-     * @param string $unit       units (ms for timer, c for counting ...)
-     * @param float  $sampleRate sampling rate
-     * @param array  $tags       Tags key => value for influxDb
+     * @param string        $node       node
+     * @param int|string    $value      value of the node
+     * @param string        $unit       units (ms for timer, c for counting ...)
+     * @param float         $sampleRate sampling rate
+     * @param array         $tags       Tags key => value for influxDb
      *
      * @return MessageEntity
      */
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ protected function checkConstructor()
             throw new Exception('node and unit have to be a string');
         }
 
-        if (!is_int($this->value)) {
+        if (!is_int(intval($this->value))) {
             throw new Exception('value has to be an integer');
         }