diff --git a/fbchat/__init__.py b/fbchat/__init__.py
index 44a6fbc..f03aa4a 100644
--- a/fbchat/__init__.py
+++ b/fbchat/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from .client import *
 
 
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2015 by Taehoon Kim'
-__version__ = '0.9.1'
+__version__ = '0.9.2'
 __license__ = 'BSD'
 __author__ = 'Taehoon Kim; Moreels Pieter-Jan'
 __email__ = 'carpedm20@gmail.com'
diff --git a/fbchat/client.py b/fbchat/client.py
index 0177780..bfdcc03 100644
--- a/fbchat/client.py
+++ b/fbchat/client.py
@@ -892,11 +892,11 @@ class Client(object):
 
         def fbidStrip(_fbid):
             # Stripping of `fbid:` from author_id
-            if type(_fbid) == int:
-                return _fbid
-
-            if type(_fbid) in [str, unicode] and 'fbid:' in _fbid:
-                return int(_fbid[5:])
+            try:
+                return int(_fbid)
+            except:
+                if type(_fbid) in [str, unicode] and 'fbid:' in _fbid:
+                    return int(_fbid[5:])
 
         user_ids = [fbidStrip(uid) for uid in user_ids]