From d07e3e6d97fb7760e3c34f10bb57eaf2534cf884 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Bar=C4=B1=C5=9F=20Soner=20U=C5=9Fakl=C4=B1?=
 <baris@nodebb.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:08:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] if not in defaults use string

---
 src/meta/configs.js | 2 +-
 test/meta.js        | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/meta/configs.js b/src/meta/configs.js
index b9f695a8ce..a3269a5c0e 100644
--- a/src/meta/configs.js
+++ b/src/meta/configs.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function deserialize(config) {
 		const defaultType = typeof defaults[key];
 		const type = typeof config[key];
 
-		if (defaultType === 'string' && type === 'number') {
+		if ((defaultType === 'string' || defaultType === 'undefined') && type === 'number') {
 			deserialized[key] = String(config[key]);
 		} else if (defaultType === 'number' && type === 'string') {
 			const number = parseFloat(config[key]);
diff --git a/test/meta.js b/test/meta.js
index 90e7d577f6..df15081afd 100644
--- a/test/meta.js
+++ b/test/meta.js
@@ -213,12 +213,12 @@ describe('meta', function () {
 			});
 		});
 
-		it('should set numeric config value', function (done) {
+		it('should get back string if field is not in defaults', function (done) {
 			meta.configs.set('numericField', 123, function (err) {
 				assert.ifError(err);
 				meta.configs.getFields(['numericField'], function (err, data) {
 					assert.ifError(err);
-					assert.strictEqual(data.numericField, 123);
+					assert.strictEqual(data.numericField, '123');
 					done();
 				});
 			});