diff --git a/grafana-influx/telegraf.conf b/grafana-influx/telegraf.conf
index d33cfc2..e56ef9a 100644
--- a/grafana-influx/telegraf.conf
+++ b/grafana-influx/telegraf.conf
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 [[inputs.mqtt_consumer]]
   servers = ["tcp://mosquitto:1883"]
   topics = [ "climate/#" ]
+  data_format = "value"
+  data_type = "float"
   [[inputs.mqtt_consumer.topic_parsing]]
     topic = "+/+/+"
     measurement = "climate"