diff --git a/commands/chain_daemon_test.go b/commands/chain_daemon_test.go
index 586f9f34ab..9fada71397 100644
--- a/commands/chain_daemon_test.go
+++ b/commands/chain_daemon_test.go
@@ -110,4 +110,18 @@ func TestChainDaemon(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Contains(chainLsResult, "1")
 		assert.Contains(chainLsResult, "0")
 	})
+
+	t.Run("chain ls --long with JSON encoding returns integer string block height and nonce", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+		assert := assert.New(t)
+
+		daemon := th.NewDaemon(t, th.WithMiner(fixtures.TestMiners[0])).Start()
+		defer daemon.ShutdownSuccess()
+
+		daemon.RunSuccess("mining", "once", "--enc", "text")
+		chainLsResult := daemon.RunSuccess("chain", "ls", "--long", "--enc", "json").ReadStdoutTrimNewlines()
+		assert.Contains(chainLsResult, `"height":"0"`)
+		assert.Contains(chainLsResult, `"height":"1"`)
+		assert.Contains(chainLsResult, `"nonce":"0"`)
+	})
 }
diff --git a/types/uint64.go b/types/uint64.go
index dc76b0fe9c..5f5ae70eca 100644
--- a/types/uint64.go
+++ b/types/uint64.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package types
 
 import (
-	"encoding/base64"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"gx/ipfs/QmSKyB5faguXT4NqbrXpnRXqaVj5DhSm7x9BtzFydBY1UK/go-leb128"
@@ -29,17 +29,16 @@ type Uint64 uint64
 
 // MarshalJSON converts a Uint64 to a json string and returns it.
 func (u Uint64) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	encoded := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(leb128.FromUInt64(uint64(u)))
-	return []byte(`"` + encoded + `"`), nil
+	return []byte(`"` + strconv.FormatUint(uint64(u), 10) + `"`), nil
 }
 
 // UnmarshalJSON converts a json string to a Uint64.
 func (u *Uint64) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
-	jd, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(strings.Trim(string(b), `"`))
+	val, err := strconv.ParseUint(strings.Trim(string(b), `"`), 10, 64)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	*u = Uint64(leb128.ToUInt64(jd))
+	*u = Uint64(val)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/types/uint64_test.go b/types/uint64_test.go
index 57d4e1be54..2dd7963ca4 100644
--- a/types/uint64_test.go
+++ b/types/uint64_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ func TestUint64Json(t *testing.T) {
 	v := Uint64(64)
 	m, err := json.Marshal(v)
 	assert.NoError(err)
+	assert.Equal(`"64"`, string(m))
 	var got Uint64
 	err = json.Unmarshal(m, &got)
 	assert.NoError(err)