diff --git a/server/models/Book.js b/server/models/Book.js
index 1f4193a26..6aad57f13 100644
--- a/server/models/Book.js
+++ b/server/models/Book.js
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ class Book extends Model {
     if (payload.metadata) {
       const metadataStringKeys = ['title', 'subtitle', 'publishedYear', 'publishedDate', 'publisher', 'description', 'isbn', 'asin', 'language']
       metadataStringKeys.forEach((key) => {
-        if ((typeof payload.metadata[key] === 'string' || payload.metadata[key] === null) && this[key] !== payload.metadata[key]) {
+        if ((typeof payload.metadata[key] === 'string' || typeof payload.metadata[key] === 'number' || payload.metadata[key] === null) && this[key] !== payload.metadata[key]) {
           this[key] = payload.metadata[key] || null
 
           if (key === 'title') {