diff --git a/streamer/proxy_node.py b/streamer/proxy_node.py
index dbaeec5..55d51ed 100644
--- a/streamer/proxy_node.py
+++ b/streamer/proxy_node.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import urllib.parse
 
 from http.server import ThreadingHTTPServer, BaseHTTPRequestHandler
-from typing import Any, BinaryIO, Optional
+from typing import Any, BinaryIO, Optional, Union
 
 from streamer.node_base import ProcessStatus, ThreadedNodeBase
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def __init__(self, rate_limiter: RateLimiter, *args, **kwargs):
 
   # NOTE: The default values here for log_request are taken from the base
   # class, and not a design decision of ours.
-  def log_request(self, code: str = '-', size: str = '-') -> None:
+  def log_request(self, code: Union[int, str] = '-', size: Union[int, str] = '-') -> None:
     """Override the request logging feature of the Python HTTP server."""
     try:
       code_int = int(code)