diff --git a/sorter.rb b/sorter.rb
index 51c627a..616f2b9 100755
--- a/sorter.rb
+++ b/sorter.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require 'optparse'
 def bin_counter (bin, text)
   ret = Hash.new
   bin.each do |word|
-    ret[word.to_sym] = text.scan(word).count.to_s
+    ret[word.to_sym] = text.scan(word).count.to_i
   end
   return ret
 end