diff --git a/src/routes/standard_pages.js b/src/routes/standard_pages.js
index 8712415..dadeb0c 100644
--- a/src/routes/standard_pages.js
+++ b/src/routes/standard_pages.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ router.get("/user/:username", (req, res) => {
 
 // Posts
 router.get("/post/:post_index", (req, res) => {
-    const postID = req.params.post_index
+    const postID = parseInt(req.params.post_index)
     let post = data.getdata('posts', postID)
     if (post == 1) { // data.getdata returns error code 1 if nothing is available
         res.render("partials/message", {