diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dce5db3..c1db35a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 0.2.1 (December 6, 2010)
+
+- Bug fixes
+
+  * Titan::Titan#pid has to be an Integer
+
 ## 0.2.0 (December 4, 2010)
 
 - Features
diff --git a/lib/titan/thread.rb b/lib/titan/thread.rb
index 0149317..3ccd223 100644
--- a/lib/titan/thread.rb
+++ b/lib/titan/thread.rb
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def load_threads
         check_filesystem
         pid_files.each{ |pid_file|
           thread     = Titan::Thread.new(:id => File.basename(pid_file, ".pid"))
-          thread.pid = File.read(File.expand_path(pid_file, TITAN_DIRECTORY))
+          thread.pid = File.read(File.expand_path(pid_file, TITAN_DIRECTORY)).to_i
           @@threads[thread.id] = thread
         }
       end
diff --git a/lib/titan/version.rb b/lib/titan/version.rb
index 01fb6b0..eb73524 100644
--- a/lib/titan/version.rb
+++ b/lib/titan/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Titan
-  VERSION = "0.2.0"
+  VERSION = "0.2.1"
 end