diff --git a/giphy.py b/giphy.py
index 824f81e..86e49b8 100644
--- a/giphy.py
+++ b/giphy.py
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ async def handler(self, evt: MessageEvent, search_term: str) -> None:
             try:
                 gif_link = data["data"]["images"]["original"]["url"]
                 info = {}
-                info["width"] = data["data"]["images"]["original"]["width"]
-                info["height"] = data["data"]["images"]["original"]["height"]
+                info["width"] = int(data["data"]["images"]["original"]["width"])
+                info["height"] = int(data["data"]["images"]["original"]["height"])
                 info["mime"] = "image/gif"  # this shouldn't really change
             except Exception as e:
                 await evt.respond("Blip bloop... Something is wrecked up here!")
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ async def handler(self, evt: MessageEvent, search_term: str) -> None:
                 )["gif"]
                 gif_link = gif["url"]
                 info = {}
-                info["width"] = gif["dims"][0]
-                info["height"] = gif["dims"][1]
+                info["width"] = int(gif["dims"][0])
+                info["height"] = int(gif["dims"][1])
                 info["mime"] = "image/gif"  # this shouldn't really change
             except Exception as e:
                 await evt.respond("Blip bloop... Something is wrecked up here!")
diff --git a/maubot.yaml b/maubot.yaml
index 9483363..c962389 100644
--- a/maubot.yaml
+++ b/maubot.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maubot: 0.1.0
 id: casavant.tom.giphy
 
 # A PEP 440 compliant version string.
-version: 3.2.1
+version: 3.3.0
 
 # The SPDX license identifier for the plugin. https://spdx.org/licenses/
 # Optional, assumes all rights reserved if omitted.