diff --git a/evennia/utils/funcparser.py b/evennia/utils/funcparser.py
index 086cfd2bd9..70c79fe1e7 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/funcparser.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/funcparser.py
@@ -661,6 +661,8 @@ def funcparser_callable_toint(*args, **kwargs):
         return int(inp)
     except TypeError:
         return inp
+    except ValueError:
+        return inp
 
 
 def funcparser_callable_int2str(*args, **kwargs):
@@ -902,7 +904,7 @@ def funcparser_callable_pad(*args, **kwargs):
     nrest = len(rest)
     try:
         width = int(kwargs.get("width", rest[0] if nrest > 0 else _CLIENT_DEFAULT_WIDTH))
-    except TypeError:
+    except ValueError:
         width = _CLIENT_DEFAULT_WIDTH
 
     align = kwargs.get("align", rest[1] if nrest > 1 else "c")
@@ -934,7 +936,7 @@ def funcparser_callable_crop(*args, **kwargs):
     nrest = len(rest)
     try:
         width = int(kwargs.get("width", rest[0] if nrest > 0 else _CLIENT_DEFAULT_WIDTH))
-    except TypeError:
+    except ValueError:
         width = _CLIENT_DEFAULT_WIDTH
     suffix = kwargs.get("suffix", rest[1] if nrest > 1 else "[...]")
     return crop(str(text), width=width, suffix=str(suffix))
@@ -951,7 +953,7 @@ def funcparser_callable_space(*args, **kwarg):
         return ""
     try:
         width = int(args[0])
-    except TypeError:
+    except ValueError:
         width = 1
     return " " * width
 
@@ -980,12 +982,12 @@ def funcparser_callable_justify(*args, **kwargs):
     lrest = len(rest)
     try:
         width = int(kwargs.get("width", rest[0] if lrest > 0 else _CLIENT_DEFAULT_WIDTH))
-    except TypeError:
+    except ValueError:
         width = _CLIENT_DEFAULT_WIDTH
     align = str(kwargs.get("align", rest[1] if lrest > 1 else "f"))
     try:
         indent = int(kwargs.get("indent", rest[2] if lrest > 2 else 0))
-    except TypeError:
+    except ValueError:
         indent = 0
     return justify(str(text), width=width, align=align, indent=indent)