Index: mtut.scm
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--- mtut.scm
+++ mtut.scm
@@ -1128,11 +1128,11 @@
 				;;		      (if optional  ;; we need to be able to differentiate same contour, different behavior. 
 				;;			  (conc runkey ":" optional)  ;; NOTE: NOT COMPLETELY IMPLEMENTED. DO NOT USE
 				;;			  runkey)
 				;;		      key-msg)
                                        ))))) 
-                                       (if (>= packets-generated (configf:lookup mtconf "setup" "max_packets_per_run")) (print "Skipping area: " area " and target: " runkey " due to packets-generated: " packets-generated " higher than " (configf:lookup mtconf "setup" "max_packets_per_run"))))    
+                                       (if (>= packets-generated (string->number (configf:lookup mtconf "setup" "max_packets_per_run"))) (print "Skipping area: " area " and target: " runkey " due to packets-generated: " packets-generated " higher than " (configf:lookup mtconf "setup" "max_packets_per_run"))))    
 
                        ) (filter (lambda (x) (if (not (args:get-arg "-area")) #t (if (string= x (args:get-arg "-area")) #t #f))) all-areas))
 		       ) val-alist)) ;; iterate over the param split by ;\s*
 
 		     ;; fossil scm based triggers