diff --git a/LibreNMS/Alerting/QueryBuilderFilter.php b/LibreNMS/Alerting/QueryBuilderFilter.php
index d3186296b7..66914fc30e 100644
--- a/LibreNMS/Alerting/QueryBuilderFilter.php
+++ b/LibreNMS/Alerting/QueryBuilderFilter.php
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ class QueryBuilderFilter implements \JsonSerializable
         if (starts_with($type, ['varchar', 'text', 'double', 'float'])) {
             return 'string';
         } elseif (starts_with($type, ['int', 'tinyint', 'smallint', 'mediumint', 'bigint'])) {
-            return 'integer';
+            //TODO implement field selection and change back to integer
+            return 'string';
         } elseif (starts_with($type, ['timestamp', 'datetime'])) {
             return 'datetime';
         } elseif (starts_with($type, 'enum')) {
diff --git a/tests/data/misc/querybuilder.json b/tests/data/misc/querybuilder.json
index 5f8f8daa96..c93215a442 100644
--- a/tests/data/misc/querybuilder.json
+++ b/tests/data/misc/querybuilder.json
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     ],
     [
         "%ports.ifOutErrors_rate >= \"100\" || %ports.ifInErrors_rate >= \"100\"",
-        {"condition":"OR","rules":[{"id":"ports.ifOutErrors_rate","field":"ports.ifOutErrors_rate","type":"integer","input":"text","operator":"greater_or_equal","value":"100"},{"id":"ports.ifInErrors_rate","field":"ports.ifInErrors_rate","type":"integer","input":"text","operator":"greater_or_equal","value":"100"}],"valid":true},
+        {"condition":"OR","rules":[{"id":"ports.ifOutErrors_rate","field":"ports.ifOutErrors_rate","type":"string","input":"text","operator":"greater_or_equal","value":"100"},{"id":"ports.ifInErrors_rate","field":"ports.ifInErrors_rate","type":"string","input":"text","operator":"greater_or_equal","value":"100"}],"valid":true},
         "ports.ifOutErrors_rate >= 100 OR ports.ifInErrors_rate >= 100",
         "SELECT * FROM devices,ports WHERE (devices.device_id = ? AND devices.device_id = ports.device_id) AND (ports.ifOutErrors_rate >= 100 OR ports.ifInErrors_rate >= 100)"
     ]