diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dataone/hashstore/HashStoreClient.java b/src/main/java/org/dataone/hashstore/HashStoreClient.java
index 5b1c34df..ceb31efb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dataone/hashstore/HashStoreClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dataone/hashstore/HashStoreClient.java
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ private static void testWithKnbvm(
                 boolean skipFile = false;
                 if (sizeOfFilesToSkip != null) {
                     // Calculate the size of requested gb to skip in bytes
-                    long gbFilesToSkip = Integer.getInteger(sizeOfFilesToSkip) * (1024L * 1024
+                    long gbFilesToSkip = Integer.parseInt(sizeOfFilesToSkip) * (1024L * 1024
                         * 1024);
                     if (setItemSize > gbFilesToSkip) {
                         skipFile = true;