diff --git a/gems/ruby-qx/lib/qx.rb b/gems/ruby-qx/lib/qx.rb
index 1db46b59..5434c1e8 100644
--- a/gems/ruby-qx/lib/qx.rb
+++ b/gems/ruby-qx/lib/qx.rb
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ class Qx
   # Quote a string for use in sql to prevent injection or weird errors
   # Always use this for all values!
   # Just uses double-dollar quoting universally. Should be generally safe and easy.
-  # Will return an unquoted value it it's a Fixnum
+  # Will return an unquoted value it it's a Integer
   def self.quote(val)
     if val.is_a?(Qx)
       val.parse
diff --git a/lib/qexpr.rb b/lib/qexpr.rb
index f66b14ee..e0948527 100644
--- a/lib/qexpr.rb
+++ b/lib/qexpr.rb
@@ -207,9 +207,9 @@ class Qexpr
   # Quote a string for use in sql to prevent injection or weird errors
   # Always use this for all values!
   # Just uses double-dollar quoting universally. Should be generally safe and easy.
-  # Will return an unquoted value it it's a Fixnum
+  # Will return an unquoted value it it's a Integer
   def self.quote(val)
-    if val.is_a?(Fixnum) || (val.is_a?(String) && val =~ /^\$Q\$.+\$Q\$$/) # is a valid num or already quoted
+    if val.is_a?(Integer) || (val.is_a?(String) && val =~ /^\$Q\$.+\$Q\$$/) # is a valid num or already quoted
       val
     elsif val == nil
       "NULL"