diff --git a/backend/handler/database/roms_handler.py b/backend/handler/database/roms_handler.py
index 1d431258a..2a377f377 100644
--- a/backend/handler/database/roms_handler.py
+++ b/backend/handler/database/roms_handler.py
@@ -885,10 +885,9 @@ class DBRomsHandler(DBBaseHandler):
                 func.lower(Rom.name).regexp_replace(STRIP_ARTICLES_REGEX, "", "i")
             )
 
-        if isinstance(order_by_attr.type, (String, Text)):
-            order_by_attr = order_by_attr.regexp_replace(
-                r"(\d+)", r"00000000000\1", "g"
-            ).regexp_replace(r"0*(\d{12})", r"\1", "g")
+        order_by_attr = order_by_attr.regexp_replace(
+            r"(\d+)", r"00000000000\1", "g"
+        ).regexp_replace(r"0*(\d{12})", r"\1", "g")
 
         # Get the row number and first letter for each item
         subquery = (