diff --git a/src/main/resources/Java/api.mustache b/src/main/resources/Java/api.mustache
index 9632e3ce763f..aca68fc2117a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/Java/api.mustache
+++ b/src/main/resources/Java/api.mustache
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class {{classname}} {
   {{#operation}}
   public {{#returnType}}{{{returnType}}} {{/returnType}}{{^returnType}}void {{/returnType}} {{nickname}} ({{#allParams}}{{{dataType}}} {{paramName}}{{#hasMore}}, {{/hasMore}}{{/allParams}}) throws ApiException {
     // create path and map variables
-    String path = "{{path}}".replaceAll("\\{format\\}","json"){{#pathParams}}.replaceAll("\\{" + "{{paramName}}" + "\\}", apiInvoker.escapeString({{{paramName}}})){{/pathParams}};
+    String path = "{{path}}".replaceAll("\\{format\\}","json"){{#pathParams}}.replaceAll("\\{" + "{{paramName}}" + "\\}", apiInvoker.escapeString({{{paramName}}}.toString())){{/pathParams}};
 
     // query params
     Map<String, String> queryParams = new HashMap<String, String>();