diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2InputWidget/Et2InputWidget.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2InputWidget/Et2InputWidget.ts
index efe6f3e48a..c206b0c983 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2InputWidget/Et2InputWidget.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2InputWidget/Et2InputWidget.ts
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ const Et2InputWidgetMixin = <T extends Constructor<LitElement>>(superclass : T)
 
 			validators.map(async validator =>
 			{
-				let values = this.value;
+				let values = this.getValue();
 				if(!Array.isArray(values))
 				{
 					values = [values];
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Textbox/Et2Number.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Textbox/Et2Number.ts
index 8b8070a785..ff378aa3e1 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Textbox/Et2Number.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Textbox/Et2Number.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export class Et2Number extends Et2Textbox
 				val = parseFloat(val);
 			}
 		}
-		return val;
+		return val + "";
 	}
 }
 // @ts-ignore TypeScript is not recognizing that Et2Textbox is a LitElement