diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d6381c7..463cbf8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v1.0.2 - 2022-11-28
+
+* Fix to support string-formatted channel numbers (from papaschloss)
+
 ## v1.0.1 - 2017-11-29
 
 * Update golang to 1.9.3 [Will Boyce]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4bba3a9..aa01661 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/wrboyce/plexheadend)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/wrboyce/plexheadend)
 [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/wrboyce/plexheadend.png?style=shield)](https://circleci.com/gh/wrboyce/plexheadend)
 
-Proxy requests between PlexDVR and TVHeadend
+Proxy requests between PlexDVR and TVHeadend. Now supports non-numeric channel numbers (i.e. "21.1", per changes by papaschloss).
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -86,4 +86,4 @@ services:
             - 32400:32400
             - 32400:32400/udp
         restart: unless-stopped
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
diff --git a/plex.go b/plex.go
index fbe1d30..1b376b2 100644
--- a/plex.go
+++ b/plex.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (p *plexHeadend) lineupHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	for _, channel := range p.tvhGetChannels() {
 		if p.tag == "" || sliceContains(channel.Tags, p.tag) {
 			data = append(data,
-				lineupResponse{fmt.Sprintf("%d", channel.Number), channel.Name, channel.URL})
+				lineupResponse{fmt.Sprintf("%s", channel.Number), channel.Name, channel.URL})
 		}
 	}
 	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(data)
diff --git a/tvheadenv.go b/tvheadenv.go
index 68c92c4..7042ef1 100644
--- a/tvheadenv.go
+++ b/tvheadenv.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ type apiChannelsResponse struct {
 type apiChannel struct {
 	UUID   string   `json:"uuid"`
 	Name   string   `json:"name"`
-	Number int      `json:"number"`
+	Number string   `json:"number"`
 	Tags   []string `json:"tags"`
 	URL    string   `json:"url"`
 }