diff --git a/flow-typed/Settings.js b/flow-typed/Settings.js
index f98fa2d99..2c1b37f6c 100644
--- a/flow-typed/Settings.js
+++ b/flow-typed/Settings.js
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ declare type WalletServerDetails = {
 };
 
 declare type DiskSpace = {
-  total: string,
-  free: string,
+  total: number,
+  free: number,
 };
diff --git a/ui/component/appStorageVisualization/view.jsx b/ui/component/appStorageVisualization/view.jsx
index c8d40cbe9..51c508585 100644
--- a/ui/component/appStorageVisualization/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/appStorageVisualization/view.jsx
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ function StorageViz(props: Props) {
     );
   }
 
-  const totalMB = diskSpace && Math.floor(Number(diskSpace.total) / 1024);
-  const freeMB = diskSpace && Math.floor(Number(diskSpace.free) / 1024);
+  const totalMB = diskSpace && Math.floor(diskSpace.total / 1024);
+  const freeMB = diskSpace && Math.floor(diskSpace.free / 1024);
   const otherMB = totalMB - (freeMB + viewBlobSpace + autoBlobSpace + privateBlobSpace);
   const autoFree = autoHostingLimit - autoBlobSpace;
   const viewFree = viewHostingLimit > 0 ? viewHostingLimit - viewBlobSpace : freeMB - autoFree;
diff --git a/ui/component/hostingSplash/view.jsx b/ui/component/hostingSplash/view.jsx
index efe9472a1..d26b83a94 100644
--- a/ui/component/hostingSplash/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/hostingSplash/view.jsx
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ function HostingSplash(props: Props) {
     handleDone,
   } = props;
 
-  const totalMB = diskSpace && Math.floor(Number(diskSpace.total) / 1024);
-  const freeMB = diskSpace && Math.floor(Number(diskSpace.free) / 1024);
+  const totalMB = diskSpace && Math.floor(diskSpace.total / 1024);
+  const freeMB = diskSpace && Math.floor(diskSpace.free / 1024);
   const blobSpaceUsed = viewBlobSpace + autoBlobSpace;
 
   const [hostingChoice, setHostingChoice] = React.useState('MANAGED');
diff --git a/ui/component/settingViewHosting/view.jsx b/ui/component/settingViewHosting/view.jsx
index ff0a13050..e82b3b2cf 100644
--- a/ui/component/settingViewHosting/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/settingViewHosting/view.jsx
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ function SettingViewHosting(props: Props) {
   } = props;
 
   // best effort to recommend a hosting amount default for the user
-  const totalMB = diskSpace && Math.floor(Number(diskSpace.total) / 1024);
-  const freeMB = diskSpace && Math.floor(Number(diskSpace.free) / 1024);
+  const totalMB = diskSpace && Math.floor(diskSpace.total / 1024);
+  const freeMB = diskSpace && Math.floor(diskSpace.free / 1024);
   const getGB = (val) => (Number(val) / 1024).toFixed(2);
   const recommendedSpace =
     freeMB > totalMB * TWENTY_PERCENT // plenty of space?
diff --git a/ui/util/diskspace.js b/ui/util/diskspace.js
index ed9508bea..11c2b232e 100644
--- a/ui/util/diskspace.js
+++ b/ui/util/diskspace.js
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ export const diskSpaceLinux = (path) => {
       // C:\            185087700 120552556  64535144  66% /mnt/c
       const dfResult = stdout.split('\n')[1].split(/\s+/);
       resolve({
-        total: dfResult[1],
-        free: dfResult[3],
+        total: Number(dfResult[1]),
+        free: Number(dfResult[3]),
       });
     });
   });
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ export const diskSpaceWindows = (path) => {
       const [drive, freeSpace, totalSize] = driveLine.split(' ').filter((x) => x);
 
       resolve({
-        total: totalSize,
-        free: freeSpace,
+        total: Math.floor(Number(totalSize) / 1024),
+        free: Math.floor(Number(freeSpace) / 1024),
       });
     });
   });