diff --git a/pyipptool/__init__.py b/pyipptool/__init__.py
index 87fe07b..0151907 100644
--- a/pyipptool/__init__.py
+++ b/pyipptool/__init__.py
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@
 except ConfigParser.NoOptionError:
     PASSWORD = ''
 try:
-    GRACEFUL_SHUTDOWN_TIME = config.get('main', 'graceful_shutdown_time')
+    GRACEFUL_SHUTDOWN_TIME = config.getint('main', 'graceful_shutdown_time')
 except ConfigParser.NoOptionError:
     GRACEFUL_SHUTDOWN_TIME = 1
 try:
-    TIMEOUT = config.get('main', 'timeout')
+    TIMEOUT = config.getint('main', 'timeout')
 except ConfigParser.NoOptionError:
     TIMEOUT = 5