diff --git a/python/llm/example/CPU/QLoRA-FineTuning/alpaca-qlora/alpaca_qlora_finetuning_cpu.py b/python/llm/example/CPU/QLoRA-FineTuning/alpaca-qlora/alpaca_qlora_finetuning_cpu.py
index 2e26a4e4..93ef8196 100644
--- a/python/llm/example/CPU/QLoRA-FineTuning/alpaca-qlora/alpaca_qlora_finetuning_cpu.py
+++ b/python/llm/example/CPU/QLoRA-FineTuning/alpaca-qlora/alpaca_qlora_finetuning_cpu.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def get_int_from_env(env_keys, default):
         val = int(os.environ.get(e, -1))
         if val >= 0:
             return val
-    return default
+    return int(default)
 
 def train(
     # model/data params