diff --git a/src/sample_generator.cpp b/src/sample_generator.cpp
index 4000d7c0..43d0f338 100644
--- a/src/sample_generator.cpp
+++ b/src/sample_generator.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ SampleGenerator::SampleGenerator(MPI_Comm comm)
       std::string param_type = config.GetRequiredOptionFromDict<std::string>("type", param_list[p]);
 
       if (param_type == "double")         params[p] = new DoubleParam(param_key, param_list[p]);
+      else if (param_type == "integer")   params[p] = new IntegerParam(param_key, param_list[p]);
       else if (param_type == "filename")  params[p] = new FilenameParam(param_key, param_list[p]);
       else mfem_error("SampleGenerator: Unknown parameter type!\n");
    }  // for (int p = 0; p < num_sampling_params; p++)