diff --git a/string_distance.lua b/string_distance.lua
index 7845bf3..629fa64 100644
--- a/string_distance.lua
+++ b/string_distance.lua
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ local function strings_with_highest_similarity (str, list_of_other_str)
     if type(str) ~= 'string' then  error(('[errors/internal]: Bad argument #1, expected string, got %s (%s)'):format(str, type(str))) end
     if type(list_of_other_str) ~= 'table'  then  error(('[errors/internal]: Bad argument #2, expected table, got %s (%s)'):format(list_of_other_str, type(list_of_other_str))) end
     for i = 1, #list_of_other_str do
-        if type(list_of_other_str[i]) ~= 'string'  then  error(('[errors/internal]: Bad argument #2, expected sequence of strings, but got %s (%s) on index %i'):format(list_of_other_str[i], type(list_of_other_str[i]), i)) end
+        list_of_other_str[i] = tostring(list_of_other_str[i])
+        --if type(list_of_other_str[i]) ~= 'string'  then  error(('[errors/internal]: Bad argument #2, expected sequence of strings, but got %s (%s) on index %i in sequence'):format(list_of_other_str[i], type(list_of_other_str[i]), i)) end
     end
 
     -- Do work