# Possible bug in Deploy to Balena process

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/possible-bug-in-deploy-to-balena-process/368499>\
**Category:** Product support\
**Created:** [August 6, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/possible-bug-in-deploy-to-balena-process/368499 "2023-08-06T12:50:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ajlennon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/ajlennon/32/63_2.png) [@ajlennon](https://forums.balena.io/u/ajlennon)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/possible-bug-in-deploy-to-balena-process/368499/1 "2023-08-06T12:50:14Z")

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Hi all,

I’ve got a `balena.yml` which defines a network key variable `33334444333344443333444433334444`

> <https://github.com/DynamicDevices/openthread-border-router-block/blob/32c5036bb9c323129643187d649125f5aa1909c6/balena.yml#L33>

When I deploy this the key it sets up is in scientific notation format.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/balena/original/2X/8/81320c72d37721309d2764ce13336ce7df064e3d.png)

I suspect this is a formatting bug somewhere in the process?

Cheers!

Alex

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**Author:** ![ajlennon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/ajlennon/32/63_2.png) [@ajlennon](https://forums.balena.io/u/ajlennon)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/possible-bug-in-deploy-to-balena-process/368499/2 "2023-08-06T12:50:49Z")

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Might interest you chaps @mpous @majorz

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**Author:** ![ajlennon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/ajlennon/32/63_2.png) [@ajlennon](https://forums.balena.io/u/ajlennon)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/possible-bug-in-deploy-to-balena-process/368499/3 "2023-08-06T12:51:36Z")

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I guess I could try changing it to a string 🤔

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**Author:** ![nmaas87](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/nmaas87/32/5570_2.png) [@nmaas87](https://forums.balena.io/u/nmaas87)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/possible-bug-in-deploy-to-balena-process/368499/4 "2023-08-07T07:24:29Z")

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Yeah I guess that should be a string, never a number 🙂