diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 126585fd20e07166a5a72c390da3a0dafabb99f4..8b3289e92592e1f8570352c096edddd546d49f53 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ You may want to do this so that you can track your internet connections consiste
 The InfluxDB connection settings are controlled by environment variables.
 
 The variables available are:
-INFLUX_DB_ADDRESS = 192.168.1.xxx
-INFLUX_DB_PORT = 8086
-INFLUX_DB_USER = user
-INFLUX_DB_PASSWORD = pass
-INFLUX_DB_DATABASE = speedtest
-SPEEDTEST_INTERVAL = 1800
-SPEEDTEST_FAIL_INTERVAL = 300
+- INFLUX_DB_ADDRESS = 192.168.1.xxx
+- INFLUX_DB_PORT = 8086
+- INFLUX_DB_USER = user
+- INFLUX_DB_PASSWORD = pass
+- INFLUX_DB_DATABASE = speedtest
+- SPEEDTEST_INTERVAL = 1800
+- SPEEDTEST_FAIL_INTERVAL = 300
 
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diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 8e5e5b2bb577d84b8eb2232345081e820cfd92f2..48f05ccfc08cd2149b2da07e3a83b406ecf56d80 100755
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ from influxdb import InfluxDBClient
 
 # InfluxDB Settings
 DB_ADDRESS = os.environ.get('INFLUX_DB_ADDRESS')
-DB_PORT = os.environ.get('INFLUX_DB_PORT')
+DB_PORT = int(os.environ.get('INFLUX_DB_PORT'))
 DB_USER = os.environ.get('INFLUX_DB_USER')
 DB_PASSWORD = os.environ.get('INFLUX_DB_PASSWORD')
 DB_DATABASE = os.environ.get('INFLUX_DB_DATABASE')
 
 # Speedtest Settings
-TEST_INTERVAL = os.environ.get('SPEEDTEST_INTERVAL')  # Time between tests (in seconds).
-TEST_FAIL_INTERVAL = os.environ.get('SPEEDTEST_FAIL_INTERVAL')  # Time before retrying a failed Speedtest (in seconds).
+TEST_INTERVAL = int(os.environ.get('SPEEDTEST_INTERVAL'))  # Time between tests (in seconds).
+TEST_FAIL_INTERVAL = int(os.environ.get('SPEEDTEST_FAIL_INTERVAL'))  # Time before retrying a failed Speedtest (in seconds).
 
 influxdb_client = InfluxDBClient(
     DB_ADDRESS, DB_PORT, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, None)