diff --git a/MVMCore/MVMCore/Categories/Dictionary+MFConvenience.swift b/MVMCore/MVMCore/Categories/Dictionary+MFConvenience.swift
index baf1d18..2dad46b 100644
--- a/MVMCore/MVMCore/Categories/Dictionary+MFConvenience.swift
+++ b/MVMCore/MVMCore/Categories/Dictionary+MFConvenience.swift
@@ -120,16 +120,13 @@ public extension Dictionary {
     /// Return a float from a string created by looking up the specified key. This will return 0.0 if the key does not exist
     func floatForKey(_ key: String) -> Float {
         
-        guard let key = key as? Key else { return 0.0 }
-        
-        return self[key] as? Float ?? 0.0
+        return Float(stringForkey(key)) ?? 0.0
     }
     
     func optionalCGFloatForKey(_ key: String) -> CGFloat? {
         
-        guard let key = key as? Key else { return nil }
-        
-        return self[key] as? CGFloat
+        guard let float = Float(stringForkey(key)) else { return nil }
+        return CGFloat(float)
     }
     
     func floatFromStringForKey(_ key: String) -> Float {
@@ -139,9 +136,7 @@ public extension Dictionary {
     
     func int32ForKey(_ key: String) -> Int32 {
         
-        guard let key = key as? Key else { return 0 }
-        
-        return self[key] as? Int32 ?? 0
+        return Int32(stringForkey(key)) ?? 0
     }
     
     private func objectChainOfKeysOrIndexes(_ keysOrIndexes: [Any]) -> Any? {