diff --git a/src/DotEnv.php b/src/DotEnv.php
index aacd4b5..ab92319 100644
--- a/src/DotEnv.php
+++ b/src/DotEnv.php
@@ -121,15 +121,17 @@ protected function parse(array $lines) : array
      */
     protected function value($value)
     {
-        if ($value === 'null') {
-            $value = null;
-        } elseif ($value === 'true') {
-            $value = true;
-        } elseif ($value === 'false') {
-            $value = false;
-        } else {
-            $value = str_replace('\n', "\n", $value);
+        if ($value === 'null' || $value === '') {
+            return null;
         }
+        if ($value === 'true' || $value === 'false') {
+            return $value === 'true' ? true : false;
+        }
+        if (is_numeric($value)) {
+            return is_int($value) ?  intval($value) : floatval($value);
+        }
+
+        $value = str_replace('\n', "\n", $value);
 
         return is_string($value) ?  trim($value) : $value;
     }
diff --git a/tests/.env.test b/tests/.env.test
index c85ecca..4469dc0 100644
--- a/tests/.env.test
+++ b/tests/.env.test
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ jumps over the lazy
 fox'
 BAD_ENV = omg
 NUMBER=123
-FLOAT=123.4
+FLOAT=456.78
 export SOMEVAR="result"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/DotEnvTest.php b/tests/DotEnvTest.php
index 2c3bda4..5b0d95f 100644
--- a/tests/DotEnvTest.php
+++ b/tests/DotEnvTest.php
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ public function testLoadAndParsing()
         $dotenv->load(__DIR__, '.env.test'); // TestApp
         
         $results = $dotenv->getEnv();
-  
-        $this->assertEquals('3a4e41e63f65b228e2927d6045c09577', md5(json_encode($results)));
+
+        $this->assertEquals('a8aa5046852048e0655d987528719c54', md5(json_encode($results)));
     }
 
     public function testLoadExecption()