diff --git a/Discovery/gpkg_utils.py b/Discovery/gpkg_utils.py
index 0e08eba..b5883dc 100644
--- a/Discovery/gpkg_utils.py
+++ b/Discovery/gpkg_utils.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def search_gpkg(search_text, search_field, echo_search_column, display_fields, e
     for f in it:
         feature_info = []
         geom = f.geometry().asWkt()
-        epsg = layer.crs().authid().lstrip("EPSG:")  # only the plain integer code is wanted later on
+        epsg = int(layer.crs().authid().lstrip("EPSG:"))  # only the plain integer code is wanted later on
         feature_info.append(geom)
         feature_info.append(epsg)
         available_fields = [field.name() for field in f.fields()]