diff --git a/storage/mysql/68-mysql.js b/storage/mysql/68-mysql.js
index 1e3a34b6..13a5aae1 100644
--- a/storage/mysql/68-mysql.js
+++ b/storage/mysql/68-mysql.js
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                     connectionLimit: 50,
                     timeout: 30000,
                     connectTimeout: 30000,
-                    charset: node.charset
+                    charset: node.charset,
+                    decimalNumbers: true
                 });
             }
 
diff --git a/storage/mysql/package.json b/storage/mysql/package.json
index 418c8414..fd90d498 100644
--- a/storage/mysql/package.json
+++ b/storage/mysql/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "node-red-node-mysql",
-    "version": "1.0.0-beta-2",
+    "version": "1.0.0-beta-3",
     "description": "A Node-RED node to read and write to a MySQL database",
     "dependencies": {
         "mysql2": "^2.3.3"