diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ReplicaPatcher.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ReplicaPatcher.kt
index ca34e9e3511f0ee35eff8f2ccf0cbd0582fc8646..b4b33fabc5a27e3cc52f5cda889f63bc61adbf5f 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ReplicaPatcher.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ReplicaPatcher.kt
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
 
 class ReplicaPatcher(private val k8sResource: KubernetesResource) : AbstractPatcher(k8sResource) {
-    override fun <Int> patch(value: Int) {
+    override fun <String> patch(value: String) {
         if (k8sResource is Deployment) {
-            if (value is kotlin.Int) {
-                this.k8sResource.spec.replicas = value
+            if (value is kotlin.String) {
+                this.k8sResource.spec.replicas = Integer.parseInt(value)
             }
         }
     }