diff --git a/core/interact/interact.py b/core/interact/interact.py
index 284078c..2cb7c6a 100644
--- a/core/interact/interact.py
+++ b/core/interact/interact.py
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ class InteractBase(object):
 
                 i = int(inp)
                 if valid_range is not None:
-                    i = np.clip(i, valid_range[0], valid_range[1])
+                    i = int(np.clip(i, valid_range[0], valid_range[1]))
 
                 if (valid_list is not None) and (i not in valid_list):
                     i = default_value