diff --git a/system-x/services/opentelemetry/src/main/java/software/tnb/opentelemetry/service/configuration/OpenTelemetryCollectorConfiguration.java b/system-x/services/opentelemetry/src/main/java/software/tnb/opentelemetry/service/configuration/OpenTelemetryCollectorConfiguration.java
index b10428c48..4fe106bcf 100644
--- a/system-x/services/opentelemetry/src/main/java/software/tnb/opentelemetry/service/configuration/OpenTelemetryCollectorConfiguration.java
+++ b/system-x/services/opentelemetry/src/main/java/software/tnb/opentelemetry/service/configuration/OpenTelemetryCollectorConfiguration.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public OpenTelemetryCollectorConfiguration withDefaultReceivers() {
 
     public OpenTelemetryCollectorConfiguration withDefaultProcessors() {
         Map<String, Object> batch = new HashMap<>();
-        batch.put("send_batch_size", "10000");
+        batch.put("send_batch_size", 10000);
         batch.put("timeout", "10s");
         processors.put("batch", batch);
         return this;