diff --git a/Tests/powershell-yaml.Tests.ps1 b/Tests/powershell-yaml.Tests.ps1
index 9682382..631c940 100644
--- a/Tests/powershell-yaml.Tests.ps1
+++ b/Tests/powershell-yaml.Tests.ps1
@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ wishlist:
       scientificNotationInt: 1e+3
       scientificNotationBigInt: 1e+40
       intWithTag: !!int "42"
+      zeroIntWithTag: !!int "0"
+      zeroIntWithoutTag: 0
       scientificNotationIntWithTag: !!int "1e+3"
       price       : 55.34
 total: 4443.52
@@ -302,6 +304,8 @@ bools:
                             scientificNotationInt = [int32]1000
                             scientificNotationBigInt = [System.Numerics.BigInteger]::Parse("10000000000000000000000000000000000000000")
                             intWithTag = 42
+                            zeroIntWithTag = 0
+                            zeroIntWithoutTag = 0
                             scientificNotationIntWithTag = 1000
                         }
                     );
@@ -351,6 +355,10 @@ bools:
                 $product['aStringTatLooksLikeAFloat'] | Should -BeOfType ([string])
                 $product['aStringThatLooksLikeAnInt'] | Should -Be $expectedProduct['aStringThatLooksLikeAnInt']
                 $product['aStringThatLooksLikeAnInt'] | Should -BeOfType ([string])
+                $product['zeroIntWithTag'] | Should -Be $expectedProduct['zeroIntWithTag']
+                $product['zeroIntWithTag'] | Should -BeOfType ([int32])
+                $product['zeroIntWithoutTag'] | Should -Be $expectedProduct['zeroIntWithoutTag']
+                $product['zeroIntWithoutTag'] | Should -BeOfType ([int32])
                 $product['scientificNotationInt'] | Should -Be $expectedProduct['scientificNotationInt']
                 $product['scientificNotationInt'] | Should -BeOfType ([int32])
                 $product['scientificNotationBigInt'] | Should -Be $expectedProduct['scientificNotationBigInt']
diff --git a/powershell-yaml.psm1 b/powershell-yaml.psm1
index 0dabc31..fc2e9e1 100644
--- a/powershell-yaml.psm1
+++ b/powershell-yaml.psm1
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ function Convert-ValueToProperType {
                     }
                     foreach ($i in $intTypes) {
                         $asIntType = $parsedValue -as $i
-                        if($asIntType) {
+                        if($null -ne $asIntType) {
                             return $asIntType
                         }
                     }
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ function Convert-ValueToProperType {
                 $types = @([int], [long])
                 foreach($i in $types){
                     $asType = $parsedValue -as $i
-                    if($asType) {
+                    if($null -ne $asType) {
                         return $asType
                     }
                 }