diff --git a/qutebrowser/commands/argparser.py b/qutebrowser/commands/argparser.py
index edb6de306..fe21a5373 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/commands/argparser.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/commands/argparser.py
@@ -161,9 +161,16 @@ def multitype_conv(param, types, str_choices=None):
         types: The allowed types ("overloads")
         str_choices: The allowed choices if the type ends up being a string
     """
+    types = list(set(types))
+    if str in types:
+        # Make sure str is always the last type in the list, so e.g. '23' gets
+        # returned as 23 if we have typing.Union[str, int]
+        types.remove(str)
+        types.append(str)
+
     def _convert(value):
         """Convert a value according to an iterable of possible arg types."""
-        for typ in set(types):
+        for typ in types:
             try:
                 converter = type_conv(param, typ, str_choices)
                 return converter(value)
diff --git a/tests/unit/commands/test_argparser.py b/tests/unit/commands/test_argparser.py
index 3eb8a6d33..dc39f631b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/commands/test_argparser.py
+++ b/tests/unit/commands/test_argparser.py
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ class TestArgumentParser:
     ([int], '2.5', None),
     ([int], 'foo', None),
     ([int, str], 'foo', 'foo'),
+    ([str, int], '23', 23),
 ])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('multi', [True, False])
 def test_type_conv(types, value, expected, multi):