diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 06db197..5312aaa 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@ namespace :github do # thanks merb!
           dep, *ver = d.to_s.split(" ")
           result <<  "  s.add_dependency #{dep.inspect}, [#{ /\(([^\,]*)/ . match(ver.join(" "))[1].inspect}]\n"
         end
-      else
+      else        
         case value
         when Array
           value =  name != "files" ? value.inspect : value.inspect.split(",").join(",\n")
+        when Fixnum
+          # leave as-is
         when String
           value = value.to_i if integer_fields.include?(name)
           value = value.inspect
diff --git a/couchrest.gemspec b/couchrest.gemspec
index 98a9d2e..6018ffd 100644
--- a/couchrest.gemspec
+++ b/couchrest.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.extra_rdoc_files = ["README.rdoc", "LICENSE", "THANKS"]
-  s.date = "Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 -0400 2008"
+  s.date = "Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008"
   s.executables = ["couchview", "couchdir"]
   s.authors = ["J. Chris Anderson"]
   s.required_rubygems_version = ">= 0"
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
  "utils/remap.rb",
  "utils/subset.rb"]
   s.has_rdoc = "true"
-  s.specification_version = "2"
+  s.specification_version = 2
   s.loaded = "false"
   s.email = "jchris@grabb.it"
   s.name = "couchrest"