diff --git a/pysqa/wrapper/flux.py b/pysqa/wrapper/flux.py
index c0ea425a..1c84171e 100644
--- a/pysqa/wrapper/flux.py
+++ b/pysqa/wrapper/flux.py
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ def get_queue_status_command(self):
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_job_id_from_output(queue_submit_output):
-        return JobID(queue_submit_output.splitlines()[-1].rstrip().lstrip().split()[-1])
+        return int(
+            JobID(queue_submit_output.splitlines()[-1].rstrip().lstrip().split()[-1])
+        )
 
     @staticmethod
     def convert_queue_status(queue_status_output):