diff --git a/examples/jsx_parser.erl b/examples/jsx_parser.erl
index 3d1001a..5a9e3ba 100644
--- a/examples/jsx_parser.erl
+++ b/examples/jsx_parser.erl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 -author("alisdairsullivan@yahoo.ca").
 
 -export([decode/1, event/2]).
--export([literal/1, string/1, number/1]).
+-export([literal/1, string/1, float/1, integer/1]).
 
 
 %% this is a strict parser, no comments, no naked values and only one key per object. it
@@ -99,13 +99,15 @@ insert(Key, Val, Dict) ->
     end.
     
 
-%% strings, numbers and literals we just return with no post-processing, this is where we
-%%   would deal with them though.
+%% strings and literals we just return with no post-processing, numbers we convert
+%%   from strings to integers/floats as appropriate
    
 string(String) ->
     String.
-number(Number) ->
-    Number.
+integer(Number) ->
+    list_to_integer(Number).
+float(Number) ->
+    list_to_float(Number).
 literal(Literal) ->
     Literal.
     
diff --git a/examples/jsx_prettify.erl b/examples/jsx_prettify.erl
index bb4e333..d99cb40 100644
--- a/examples/jsx_prettify.erl
+++ b/examples/jsx_prettify.erl
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@ jsx_event(end_of_stream, {Acc, _, _, _}) ->
     Acc.
     
 
-format(number, Number) ->
-    Number;
 format(string, String) ->
     "\"" ++ String ++ "\"";
 format(literal, Literal) ->
-    erlang:atom_to_list(Literal).
+    erlang:atom_to_list(Literal);
+format(_, Number) ->
+    Number;
     
 
 indent(Indent, Level) ->