diff --git a/app/ui/features/settings/models.js b/app/ui/features/settings/models.js
index d88225a3..97f2e0d0 100644
--- a/app/ui/features/settings/models.js
+++ b/app/ui/features/settings/models.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export const widgetControl = (w, current, set) => {
     // Nothing chosen shows as nothing chosen: showing the first file would look picked while the run has none
     // (and with one file there is nothing to change to, so it could never be picked).
     const options = [...(unset ? [{ value: "", label: "— choose —" }] : []), ...choices.map((v) => ({ value: v, label: String(v) }))];
-    return choices.length ? c.select.md({ label, value: unset ? "" : current, options, onChange: (v) => { if (v !== "") set(v); } })
+    return choices.length ? c.select.md({ label, value: unset ? "" : current, options, onChange: (v) => { if (v !== "") set(choices.find((x) => String(x) === String(v)) ?? v); } })       // the choice itself: a select gives back text, and ComfyUI refuses "8" for 8
       : c.hint.default({ text: "No choices available — nothing found in the models folder." });
   }
   if (w.type === "INT" || w.type === "FLOAT") {
diff --git a/core/graph.py b/core/graph.py
index c75c8934..96f485e1 100644
--- a/core/graph.py
+++ b/core/graph.py
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ def build(slots: Sequence[dict], schemas: Optional[Schemas] = None) -> Tuple[dic
                     continue
                 inputs[name] = [source, index]
             else:
+                value = as_choice(value, limits.get(name))
                 problem = unacceptable(name, value, limits.get(name))
                 if problem:
                     # An input the app writes under a name the person sees (Length, Width) is refused by that name.
@@ -311,6 +312,15 @@ def build(slots: Sequence[dict], schemas: Optional[Schemas] = None) -> Tuple[dic
     return prompt, problems
 
 
+def as_choice(value: Any, bounds: Optional[dict]) -> Any:
+    """A combo choice saved as text ("8") back to the choice it names (8). A web page's select hands back
+    text whatever it was given, and ComfyUI refuses "8" from a list holding the number 8."""
+    choices = (bounds or {}).get("choices")
+    if isinstance(value, str) and choices and value not in choices:
+        return next((c for c in choices if not isinstance(c, str) and str(c) == value), value)
+    return value
+
+
 def unacceptable(name: str, value: Any, bounds: Optional[dict]) -> Optional[str]:
     """Why this literal will not do, or None.
 
diff --git a/core/tests/test_graph.py b/core/tests/test_graph.py
index 5f9c9169..ee45843b 100644
--- a/core/tests/test_graph.py
+++ b/core/tests/test_graph.py
@@ -595,3 +595,10 @@ def test_a_swap_keeps_only_the_roles_the_new_node_can_still_take():
     swapped, problems = graph.replace(slots, "empty", "Empty", SCHEMAS)
     assert problems == []
     assert graph.slots_by_id(swapped)["empty"]["roles"] == [{"at": "project.video", "input": "width"}]
+
+
+def test_a_numeric_combo_choice_saved_as_text_is_sent_as_the_number():
+    bounds = {"choices": ["auto", 8, 10]}
+    assert graph.as_choice("8", bounds) == 8 and graph.unacceptable("bit_depth", 8, bounds) is None
+    assert graph.as_choice("auto", bounds) == "auto"
+    assert graph.as_choice("9", bounds) == "9", "not a choice: left as it is, and refused by name"