diff --git a/spine-csharp/src/SkeletonJson.cs b/spine-csharp/src/SkeletonJson.cs
index 0aae8de0e..c4fff9d2e 100644
--- a/spine-csharp/src/SkeletonJson.cs
+++ b/spine-csharp/src/SkeletonJson.cs
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ namespace Spine {
 		private int GetInt (Dictionary<String, Object> map, String name, int defaultValue) {
 			if (!map.ContainsKey(name))
 				return defaultValue;
-			return (int)map[name];
+			return (int)(float)map[name];
 		}
 
 		private bool GetBoolean (Dictionary<String, Object> map, String name, bool defaultValue) {
diff --git a/spine-xna/example/data/spineboy.json b/spine-xna/example/data/spineboy.json
index 113e72c33..b5a9cf9b7 100644
--- a/spine-xna/example/data/spineboy.json
+++ b/spine-xna/example/data/spineboy.json
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 	}
 },
 "events": {
-	"behind": {},
+	"behind": { "int": 4 },
 	"headAttach": {},
 	"headPop": {}
 },