diff --git a/roles/server/minecraft/defaults/main.yml b/roles/server/minecraft/defaults/main.yml
index e0688d4..8e09848 100644
--- a/roles/server/minecraft/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/server/minecraft/defaults/main.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ apparmor_profile: "{{ global_apparmor_profiles_directory }}/{{ launch_script | r
 # minecraft_version: "1.10"
 minecraft_source_link_generator: "curl --silent https://mcversions.net/download/{{ minecraft_version | quote }} | grep --only-matching --perl-regexp '(?<=\")https://launcher.mojang.com/[^\"]+/server\\.jar(?=\")'"
 minecraft_source_link: "{{ lookup('pipe', minecraft_source_link_generator) }}" # direct link to server jar
-minecraft_port: "25565"
+minecraft_port: 25565
 minecraft_query_port: "{{ minecraft_port }}"
 minecraft_rcon_port: "{{ minecraft_port + 10 }}"
 minecraft_rcon_password: "{{ lookup('password', 'credentials/' + inventory_hostname + '/' + domain + '/rcon length=80') }}"
diff --git a/roles/server/minecraft/tasks/main.yml b/roles/server/minecraft/tasks/main.yml
index f35f11f..bd857db 100644
--- a/roles/server/minecraft/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/server/minecraft/tasks/main.yml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
   ufw:
     comment: "{{ domain }} minecraft server"
     rule: allow
-    port: "{{ minecraft_port }}"
+    port: "{{ minecraft_port | string }}"
     proto: tcp
 
 - name: Allow port for minecraft query requests