diff --git a/webservice/webservice.py b/webservice/webservice.py
index f322c1e5278d687238f7e444e0b11844502721ef..3cc2887557ebdedb15a409ce8f1f196ab19f6380 100644
--- a/webservice/webservice.py
+++ b/webservice/webservice.py
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ async def run_action(job_db, cmd, mode, proposal, run, exec_id) -> str:
                     jobs.append((int(jobid.strip()), exec_id))
                 with time_db_transaction(job_db, 'Insert jobs'):
                     job_db.executemany(
-                        "INSERT INTO slurm_jobs VALUES (?, ?, 'PENDING', 0, 0)",
+                        "INSERT INTO slurm_jobs VALUES (?, ?, 'PENDING', 0, '0')",
                         jobs
                     )