1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/basic_actors.rs b/src/basic_actors.rs
index da391cf..130c1e2 100644
--- a/src/basic_actors.rs
+++ b/src/basic_actors.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::convert::TryInto;
 use std::sync::mpsc::{SyncSender, Receiver};
 
 use crate::actor::{Value, Type, Actorful, Slot};
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ impl Actorful for RepeatValue {
                 if let Value::Number(count) = count {
                     // TODO figure out what a smart thing to do would be here instead
                     // this API design is deliberately suboptimal because i'd like to not do it
-                    let count: usize = format!("{}", count).parse().unwrap();
+                    let count: usize = count.try_into().unwrap();
                     let vec = vec![value; count];
                     output_channels["List"].send(Value::List(vec)).unwrap();
                 }