diff --git a/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/Client.php b/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/Client.php
index e3b8d4f..0c03568 100644
--- a/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/Client.php
+++ b/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/Client.php
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ public function __construct(array $servers, MessageFormatterInterface $messageFo
      *
      * @param array $servers les serveurs
      *
-     * @throws Exception
-     *
      * @return void
+     *
+     * @throws Exception
      */
     protected function init(array $servers)
     {
@@ -147,18 +147,18 @@ public function getServerKey($stats)
     /**
      * addToSend
      *
-     * @param string $stats      grahite node
-     * @param string $value      value
-     * @param float  $sampleRate sampling rate
-     * @param string $unit       unit
-     * @param array  $tags       Tags key => value for influxDb
+     * @param string     $stats      grahite node
+     * @param int|string $value      value
+     * @param float      $sampleRate sampling rate
+     * @param string     $unit       unit
+     * @param array      $tags       Tags key => value for influxDb
      *
      * @return Client
      */
     protected function addToSend($stats, $value, $sampleRate, $unit, $tags)
     {
         $message = new MessageEntity(
-            (string) $stats, (int) $value, (string) $unit, (float) $sampleRate, $tags
+            (string) $stats, $value, (string) $unit, (float) $sampleRate, $tags
         );
 
         $queue = [
@@ -322,9 +322,9 @@ public function send()
      * @param string $server server key
      * @param array  $datas  array de data à env
      *
-     * @throws Exception
-     *
      * @return bool
+     *
+     * @throws Exception
      */
     public function writeDatas($server, $datas)
     {
diff --git a/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/MessageEntity.php b/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/MessageEntity.php
index bc0359d..3359355 100644
--- a/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/MessageEntity.php
+++ b/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/MessageEntity.php
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ class MessageEntity
     protected $tags = [];
 
     /**
-     * @param string $node       node
-     * @param int    $value      value of the node
-     * @param string $unit       units (ms for timer, c for counting ...)
-     * @param float  $sampleRate sampling rate
-     * @param array  $tags       Tags key => value for influxDb
+     * @param string     $node       node
+     * @param int|string $value      value of the node
+     * @param string     $unit       units (ms for timer, c for counting ...)
+     * @param float      $sampleRate sampling rate
+     * @param array      $tags       Tags key => value for influxDb
      *
      * @return MessageEntity
      */
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ protected function checkConstructor()
             throw new Exception('node and unit have to be a string');
         }
 
-        if (!is_int($this->value)) {
-            throw new Exception('value has to be an integer');
+        if (!is_int($this->value) && !is_string($this->value)) {
+            throw new Exception('value has to be an integer or a string');
         }
 
         if (!is_float($this->sampleRate) or ($this->sampleRate <= 0)) {