diff --git a/exec/load/ircd/server.js b/exec/load/ircd/server.js
index 22974e8d32e80845338265d10100880b21ee7464..34ff4ea8f37422f09948e71c236a7a34ff72f5de 100644
--- a/exec/load/ircd/server.js
+++ b/exec/load/ircd/server.js
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ function Server_Work(cmdline) {
 			break;
 		if (p[3] == tmp.topic)
 			break;
-		tmp.topictime = this.hub ? p[2] : Epoch();
+		tmp.topictime = this.hub ? parseInt(p[2]) : Epoch();
 		tmp.topic = p[3];
 		tmp.topicchangedby = p[1];
 		origin.bcast_to_channel(tmp, format(