diff --git a/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestServer/LTAIngestAdminServer/lib/ingestmomadapter.py b/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestServer/LTAIngestAdminServer/lib/ingestmomadapter.py
index 9a5f369dd8fab3731634cb9b6eaa550bfca98aad..33aacc78cf879ef6dd8c4742440f1fb6d14d3104 100644
--- a/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestServer/LTAIngestAdminServer/lib/ingestmomadapter.py
+++ b/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestServer/LTAIngestAdminServer/lib/ingestmomadapter.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class IngestMomAdapter:
             if 'otdb_id' not in job_dict:
                 return
 
-            otdb_id = job_dict['otdb_id']
+            otdb_id = int(job_dict['otdb_id'])
             mom2id = self.__momrpc.getMoMIdsForOTDBIds(otdb_id).get(otdb_id)
 
             if mom2id is None: