diff --git a/pype/plugins/nukestudio/publish/collect_plates.py b/pype/plugins/nukestudio/publish/collect_plates.py
index be448931c8..70f0f7407e 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/nukestudio/publish/collect_plates.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/nukestudio/publish/collect_plates.py
@@ -156,8 +156,9 @@ class CollectPlatesData(api.InstancePlugin):
                 ext=ext
             )
 
-            start_frame = source_first_frame + instance.data["sourceInH"]
-            duration = instance.data["sourceOutH"] - instance.data["sourceInH"]
+            start_frame = int(source_first_frame + instance.data["sourceInH"])
+            duration = int(
+                instance.data["sourceOutH"] - instance.data["sourceInH"])
             end_frame = start_frame + duration
             self.log.debug("start_frame: `{}`".format(start_frame))
             self.log.debug("end_frame: `{}`".format(end_frame))