diff --git a/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/utils.py b/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/utils.py
index ff0ea06329..c451c93842 100644
--- a/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/utils.py
+++ b/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/utils.py
@@ -403,8 +403,8 @@ def replace_arg_db_values(
     elif value is True or value is False:
         return format_shell_bool(value, shell)
 
-    # for primary keys
-    elif isinstance(value, int):
+    # for primary keys and float fields (like boot_time)
+    elif isinstance(value, int) or isinstance(value, float):
         return str(value)
 
     elif isinstance(value, dict):