diff --git a/examples/telebot_bot/telebot_bot.py b/examples/telebot_bot/telebot_bot.py
index 0d78dfb..7cf76cb 100644
--- a/examples/telebot_bot/telebot_bot.py
+++ b/examples/telebot_bot/telebot_bot.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ if "TELEBOT_BOT_TOKEN" not in os.environ or "GROUP_CHAT_ID" not in os.environ:
     raise AssertionError("Please configure TELEBOT_BOT_TOKEN and GROUP_CHAT_ID as environment variables")
 
 bot = telebot.AsyncTeleBot(os.environ["TELEBOT_BOT_TOKEN"])
-GROUP_CHAT_ID = os.environ["GROUP_CHAT_ID"]\
+GROUP_CHAT_ID = int(os.environ["GROUP_CHAT_ID"])
 
 def is_api_group(chat_id):
     return chat_id== GROUP_CHAT_ID