diff --git a/jzon.inc.php b/jzon.inc.php
index 081aba7..d9e493b 100644
--- a/jzon.inc.php
+++ b/jzon.inc.php
@@ -293,10 +293,16 @@ class jzonParser
     }
 
     $str_num = substr($this->in, $start, $this->c - $start);
+
+    $fval = floatval($str_num);
+    $ival = intval($str_num);
+
     if($is_float)
-      $out = floatval($str_num);
+      $out = $fval;
+    else if(($ival < PHP_INT_MAX && $ival > PHP_INT_MIN) || strval($ival) === $str_num)
+      $out = $ival;
     else
-      $out = intval($str_num);
+      $out = $fval;
   }
 
   private function parse_true(&$out)