diff --git a/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagersetdefaults.lua b/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagersetdefaults.lua
index fbd686f22..ef7672975 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagersetdefaults.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagersetdefaults.lua
@@ -209,14 +209,7 @@ function SetDefaults:init()
                                 is_enter_default = true,
                                 enabled = true,
                                 callback = function()
-                                    local new_value = self.set_dialog:getInputText()
-                                    if setting_type == "boolean" then
-                                        if new_value == "true" then
-                                            new_value = true
-                                        else
-                                            new_value = false
-                                        end
-                                    end
+                                    local new_value = self.set_dialog:getInputValue()
                                     if _G[setting_name] ~= new_value then
                                         _G[setting_name] = new_value
                                         self.defaults_value[i] = new_value
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/inputdialog.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/inputdialog.lua
index 186097661..c5a637734 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/inputdialog.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/inputdialog.lua
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Example:
         title = _("Dialog title"),
         input = "default value",
         input_hint = "hint text",
-        input_type = "text",
+        input_type = "string",
         -- text_type = "password",
         buttons = {
             {
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ Example:
                     -- triggered after user press the enter key from keyboard
                     is_enter_default = true,
                     callback = function()
-                        print('Got user input:', sample_input:getInputText())
+                        print('Got user input as raw text:', sample_input:getInputText())
+                        print('Got user input as value:', sample_input:getInputValue())
                     end,
                 },
             }
@@ -177,6 +178,15 @@ function InputDialog:getInputText()
     return self._input_widget:getText()
 end
 
+function InputDialog:getInputValue()
+    local text = self:getInputText()
+    if self.input_type == "number" then
+        return tonumber(text)
+    else
+        return text
+    end
+end
+
 function InputDialog:setInputText(text)
     self._input_widget:setText(text)
 end