diff --git a/demo/settings.yaml b/demo/settings.yaml
index 0ed2898..c83441c 100644
--- a/demo/settings.yaml
+++ b/demo/settings.yaml
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ delay:
 # proxy:
 #   protocol: https  # NOTE: you can also set to 'http'
 #   ip: "1.1.1.1"
-#   port: '200'
\ No newline at end of file
+#   port: 200
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/demo/settings_USA.yaml b/demo/settings_USA.yaml
index 12c6903..325272e 100644
--- a/demo/settings_USA.yaml
+++ b/demo/settings_USA.yaml
@@ -67,4 +67,4 @@ delay:
 # proxy:
 #   protocol: https  # NOTE: you can also set to 'http'
 #   ip: "1.1.1.1"
-#   port: '200'
\ No newline at end of file
+#   port: 200
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jobfunnel/config/settings.py b/jobfunnel/config/settings.py
index 5b84d4f..e8650f4 100644
--- a/jobfunnel/config/settings.py
+++ b/jobfunnel/config/settings.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class JobFunnelSettingsValidator(Validator):
     """A simple JSON data validator with a custom data type for IPv4 addresses
     https://codingnetworker.com/2016/03/validate-json-data-using-cerberus/
     """
-    def _validate_type_ipv4address(self, field, value):
+    def _validate_type_ipv4address(self, value):
         """
         checks that the given value is a valid IPv4 address
         """
@@ -160,8 +160,9 @@ def _validate_type_ipv4address(self, field, value):
             # try to create an IPv4 address object using the python3 ipaddress
             # module
             ipaddress.IPv4Address(value)
+            return True
         except:
-            self._error(field, "Not a valid IPv4 address")
+            self._error(value, "Not a valid IPv4 address")
 
 
 SettingsValidator = JobFunnelSettingsValidator(SETTINGS_YAML_SCHEMA)