diff --git a/src/host/Host.cc b/src/host/Host.cc
index 6ad778b7e7..804b34a87f 100644
--- a/src/host/Host.cc
+++ b/src/host/Host.cc
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ int Host::update_info(string &parse_str)
 {
     char *  error_msg;
     int     rc;
-    float   fv;
 
     rc = obj_template->parse(parse_str, &error_msg);
 
@@ -185,20 +184,14 @@ int Host::update_info(string &parse_str)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    get_template_attribute("TOTALCPU", fv);
-    host_share.max_cpu = static_cast<int>(fv);
-    get_template_attribute("TOTALMEMORY", fv);
-    host_share.max_mem = static_cast<int>(fv);
+    get_template_attribute("TOTALCPU",host_share.max_cpu);
+    get_template_attribute("TOTALMEMORY",host_share.max_mem);
 
-    get_template_attribute("FREECPU", fv);
-    host_share.free_cpu = static_cast<int>(fv);
-    get_template_attribute("FREEMEMORY", fv);
-    host_share.free_mem = static_cast<int>(fv);
+    get_template_attribute("FREECPU",host_share.free_cpu);
+    get_template_attribute("FREEMEMORY",host_share.free_mem);
 
-    get_template_attribute("USEDCPU", fv);
-    host_share.used_cpu = static_cast<int>(fv);
-    get_template_attribute("USEDMEMORY", fv);
-    host_share.used_mem = static_cast<int>(fv);
+    get_template_attribute("USEDCPU",host_share.used_cpu);
+    get_template_attribute("USEDMEMORY",host_share.used_mem);
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/template/Template.cc b/src/template/Template.cc
index e461a4afbe..f77aacd62b 100644
--- a/src/template/Template.cc
+++ b/src/template/Template.cc
@@ -417,27 +417,13 @@ bool Template::get(
         const string& name,
         int&    value) const
 {
-    string sval;
+    float  fvalue;
+    bool   rc;
 
-    get(name, sval);
+    rc    = get(name, fvalue);
+    value = static_cast<int>(fvalue);
 
-    if ( sval == "" )
-    {
-        value = 0;
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    istringstream iss(sval);
-
-    iss >> value;
-
-    if (iss.fail() || !iss.eof())
-    {
-        value = 0;
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return true;
+    return rc;
 }
 
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */