diff --git a/app/models/emoji_reaction.rb b/app/models/emoji_reaction.rb
index e9dc6a37d3..ae30d17a3f 100644
--- a/app/models/emoji_reaction.rb
+++ b/app/models/emoji_reaction.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class EmojiReaction < ApplicationRecord
   include Paginable
 
   EMOJI_REACTION_LIMIT = 32_767
-  EMOJI_REACTION_PER_ACCOUNT_LIMIT = ENV.fetch('EMOJI_REACTION_PER_ACCOUNT_LIMIT', 3)
+  EMOJI_REACTION_PER_ACCOUNT_LIMIT = ENV.fetch('EMOJI_REACTION_PER_ACCOUNT_LIMIT', 3).to_i
 
   update_index('statuses', :status)