diff --git a/lib/omnibus/cli/base.rb b/lib/omnibus/cli/base.rb
index ace83e702..1c2d88e90 100644
--- a/lib/omnibus/cli/base.rb
+++ b/lib/omnibus/cli/base.rb
@@ -69,9 +69,7 @@ def initialize(args, options, config)
         if %w{true false nil}.include?(value)
           log.debug(log_key) { "Detected #{value.inspect} should be an object" }
           value = { "true" => true, "false" => false, "nil" => nil }[value]
-        end
-
-        if value =~ /\A[[:digit:]]+\Z/
+        elsif value =~ /\A[[:digit:]]+\Z/
           log.debug(log_key) { "Detected #{value.inspect} should be an integer" }
           value = value.to_i
         end