diff --git a/LCS/pyparameterset/src/__init__.py b/LCS/pyparameterset/src/__init__.py
index 26885b03e29d6ff401b236f6f428d5a1659e76b9..21d735a9884392cad1095565955152caed45aac5 100755
--- a/LCS/pyparameterset/src/__init__.py
+++ b/LCS/pyparameterset/src/__init__.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class parameterset(PyParameterSet):
         """Turn the parset into a dict"""
         d = {}
         for key in self.keys():
-            d[key] = self.getString(key)
+            d[key] = self.get(key).get()
         return d
 
     def get(self, key):