diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/slider/slider.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/slider/slider.controller.js
index a20289d076..f5f0f7f2a2 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/slider/slider.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/slider/slider.controller.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
                     return value.toFixed(stepDecimalPlaces);
                 },
                 from: function (value) {
-                    return value;
+                    return Number(value);
                 }
             },
             "range": {