diff --git a/lib/modules/Remote.pmod/context.pike b/lib/modules/Remote.pmod/context.pike
index 01d301dcf0eda5246b07c27785231a2f7b743116..374b80ffcbcffec92570320f20ffe45c2fc222de 100644
--- a/lib/modules/Remote.pmod/context.pike
+++ b/lib/modules/Remote.pmod/context.pike
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ object function_for(string id)
 
 array encode(mixed val)
 {
+  if (intp(val) || floatp(val))
+    return ({ CTX_OTHER, val });
   if (objectp(val))
     return ({ CTX_OBJECT, id_for(val) });
   if (functionp(val) || programp(val))