diff --git a/src/main/java/cactusServer/entities/Character.java b/src/main/java/cactusServer/entities/Character.java
index c1f43c8..d45e75b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/cactusServer/entities/Character.java
+++ b/src/main/java/cactusServer/entities/Character.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 	private String name;
 	private Position3D position;
 	private Quaternion3D angle;
-	private String modelID;
+	private int modelID;
 
 	private HashMap<String, Item> itemMap = new HashMap<>();
 	@JSONHint(ignore = true)
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	}
 
 	public Character(String instanceId, String accountURI, String name, Position3D position, Quaternion3D angle,
-			String modelID) {
+			int modelID) {
 		setAccountURI(accountURI);
 		setName(name);
 		setPosition(position);
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 		return angle;
 	}
 
-	public String getModelID() {
+	public int getModelID() {
 		return modelID;
 	}
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 		this.angle = angle;
 	}
 
-	public void setModelID(String modelID) {
+	public void setModelID(int modelID) {
 		this.modelID = modelID;
 	}
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 		setPosition(position);
 		setQuaternion3D(angle);
 		if (modelID != null) {
-			setModelID(modelID);
+			setModelID(Integer.parseInt(modelID));
 		}
 		if (areaURI != null) {
 			setAreaURI(areaURI);
diff --git a/src/main/java/cactusServer/entities/Instance.java b/src/main/java/cactusServer/entities/Instance.java
index add0c54..7ac0175 100644
--- a/src/main/java/cactusServer/entities/Instance.java
+++ b/src/main/java/cactusServer/entities/Instance.java
@@ -147,10 +147,10 @@
 	}
 
 	public IDAddressedEntity createCharacter(String instanceId, String accountURI, String name, Position3D position,
-			Quaternion3D angle, String model) {
+			Quaternion3D angle, String modelID) {
 		String id = RandomStringGenerator.generateUniqueString(Character.UNIQUE_ID_LENGTH,
 				RandomStringGenerator.ALPHA_NUMERIC, characterMap.keySet());
-		Character character = new Character(instanceId, accountURI, name, position, angle, model);
+		Character character = new Character(instanceId, accountURI, name, position, angle, Integer.parseInt(modelID));
 		characterMap.put(id, character);
 		return new IDAddressedEntity(id, character);
 	}