diff --git a/hyperparameter_hunter/utils/boltons_utils.py b/hyperparameter_hunter/utils/boltons_utils.py
index 2089433f..695bb6ee 100644
--- a/hyperparameter_hunter/utils/boltons_utils.py
+++ b/hyperparameter_hunter/utils/boltons_utils.py
@@ -899,16 +899,12 @@ def get_path(root, path, default=_UNSET):
                 cur = cur[seg]
             except (KeyError, IndexError) as exc:
                 raise PathAccessError(exc, seg, path)
-            except TypeError as exc:
+            except (TypeError, ValueError) as exc:
                 # either string index in a list, or a parent that
                 # doesn't support indexing
-                try:
-                    seg = int(seg)
-                    cur = cur[seg]
-                except (ValueError, KeyError, IndexError, TypeError):
-                    if not is_iterable(cur):
-                        exc = TypeError("%r object is not indexable" % type(cur).__name__)
-                    raise PathAccessError(exc, seg, path)
+                if not is_iterable(cur):
+                    exc = TypeError("%r object is not indexable" % type(cur).__name__)
+                raise PathAccessError(exc, seg, path)
     except PathAccessError:
         if default is _UNSET:
             raise
diff --git a/tests/test_utils/test_boltons_utils.py b/tests/test_utils/test_boltons_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c8c357e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_utils/test_boltons_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+"""Tests for modified functionality in :mod:`hyperparameter_hunter.utils.boltons_utils`. Because
+:mod:`bolton_utils` is a vendorization of the "iterutils" module from the excellent
+[Boltons](https://github.com/mahmoud/boltons) library, it is excluded from test coverage
+measurement. This module only tests added/modified functionality that diverges from the original
+Boltons functionality. For all of the original tests that apply to :mod:`boltons_utils`, see
+https://github.com/mahmoud/boltons/blob/master/tests/test_iterutils.py"""
+##################################################
+# Import Own Assets
+##################################################
+# noinspection PyProtectedMember
+from hyperparameter_hunter.utils.boltons_utils import get_path, PathAccessError, _UNSET
+
+##################################################
+# Import Miscellaneous Assets
+##################################################
+import pytest
+
+
+def boltons_id_builder(param) -> str:
+    """Prettify IDs for Boltons tests"""
+    if param is PathAccessError:
+        return "PathAccessError"
+    if param == _UNSET:
+        return "UNSET"
+    return repr(param)
+
+
+##################################################
+# Test `get_path`
+##################################################
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ["root", "path", "expected"],
+    [
+        (["foo"], (0,), "foo"),
+        (["foo"], ("0",), PathAccessError),  # Divergence from `expected`="foo"
+        ({"a": "foo"}, ("a",), "foo"),
+        ({"a": "foo"}, "a", "foo"),  # Original - Dotted string `path`
+        ({"a": ["foo"]}, ("a", 0), "foo"),
+        ({0: "foo", "0": "bar"}, (0,), "foo"),
+        ({0: "foo", "0": "bar"}, ("0",), "bar"),
+        ({0: "foo", "1": "bar"}, ("0",), PathAccessError),
+        ({0: "foo", "1": "bar"}, "0", PathAccessError),  # Original - Dotted string `path`
+    ],
+    ids=boltons_id_builder,
+)
+def test_get_path(root, path, expected):
+    """Test modified functionality of :func:`~hyperparameter_hunter.utils.boltons_utils.get_path`.
+    Verify that invocation with (`root`, `path`) returns `expected`, or raises
+    `PathAccessError` when it should break"""
+    if expected is PathAccessError:
+        with pytest.raises(PathAccessError, match=".*"):
+            get_path(root, path, default=_UNSET)
+    else:
+        assert get_path(root, path, default=_UNSET) == expected