diff --git a/evennia/utils/funcparser.py b/evennia/utils/funcparser.py
index 4019bb9cec..1265a561eb 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/funcparser.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/funcparser.py
@@ -659,6 +659,8 @@ def funcparser_callable_toint(*args, **kwargs):
     inp = funcparser_callable_eval(*args, **kwargs)
     try:
         return int(inp)
+    except TypeError:
+        return inp
     except ValueError:
         return inp