diff --git a/train.py b/train.py
index ec38ef2..d438e51 100644
--- a/train.py
+++ b/train.py
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     criterion = nn.CrossEntropyLoss()
     optimizer = optim.SGD(net.parameters(), lr=0.001, momentum=0.9)
 
-    epochs = int(sys.argv[1])
+    epochs = sys.argv[1]
 
-    trainNet(trainloader, criterion, optimizer, epochs)
+    trainNet(trainloader, criterion, optimizer, int(epochs))
 
     PATH = './cifar_net.pth'
     torch.save(net.state_dict(), PATH)