diff --git a/lib/aethyr/core/components/manager.rb b/lib/aethyr/core/components/manager.rb
index 41203974e1c7e2fdef5bee9f3f71e6c66f28a755..2c88a466b68f1fedd62a61f54a430812e34eec78 100644
--- a/lib/aethyr/core/components/manager.rb
+++ b/lib/aethyr/core/components/manager.rb
@@ -452,6 +452,6 @@ class Manager < Publisher
 
   private
   def self.epoch_now
-    return DateTime.now.strftime('%s')
+    return DateTime.now.strftime('%s').to_i
   end
 end