diff --git a/lib/customer_finacials.rb b/lib/customer_finacials.rb
index 9841c501b2a82254bf45024984eda425ad7ca84a..924030cd17781d005af0bc3b6aff782688786577 100644
--- a/lib/customer_finacials.rb
+++ b/lib/customer_finacials.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class CustomerFinancials
 	end
 
 	def declines
-		REDIS.get("jmp_pay_decline-#{@customer_id}")
+		REDIS.get("jmp_pay_decline-#{@customer_id}").then(&:to_i)
 	end
 
 	def mark_decline
diff --git a/lib/financial_info.rb b/lib/financial_info.rb
index 8fb8cc929de3bde8948e78aa46203ca90403ac2b..ca394d797ad741a0aecf8af21660843c5a120025 100644
--- a/lib/financial_info.rb
+++ b/lib/financial_info.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class AdminFinancialInfo
 		]).then do |transactions, declines, payment_methods, btc_addresses|
 			new(
 				transactions: transactions,
-				declines: declines || 0,
+				declines: declines,
 				payment_methods: payment_methods, btc_addresses: btc_addresses
 			)
 		end
diff --git a/lib/transaction.rb b/lib/transaction.rb
index 72b11324d3f4cc658f860e4a3a8988c5d4112ffc..3885ee10a1b8be2bbf25fb68431531686c5afbfe 100644
--- a/lib/transaction.rb
+++ b/lib/transaction.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ require "bigdecimal"
 class Transaction
 	def self.sale(customer, amount:, payment_method: nil)
 		customer.declines.then do |declines|
-			raise "too many declines" if declines.to_i >= 2
+			raise "too many declines" if declines >= 2
 
 			BRAINTREE.transaction.sale(
 				amount: amount,