diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index aeec267..1740143 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
                 <script id="IntercomSettingsScriptTag">
                     var intercomSettings = {
                         app_id: 'sajf131y',
-                        user_id: '{{ request.user.id }}',
+                        user_id: {{ request.user.id }},
                         user_hash: '{{ request.user.id|intercom_sha_256 }}',
                         email: '{{ request.user.email }}',
                         created_at: {{ request.user.date_joined|date:"U" }},
diff --git a/utils/templatetags/intercom.py b/utils/templatetags/intercom.py
index 387151b..d1a52cc 100644
--- a/utils/templatetags/intercom.py
+++ b/utils/templatetags/intercom.py
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ register = template.Library()
 
 @register.filter
 def intercom_sha_256(user_id):
-    return hmac.new(INTERCOM_SECRET_KEY, user_id, digestmod=hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()
+    return hmac.new(INTERCOM_SECRET_KEY, str(user_id), digestmod=hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()