diff --git a/goes.go b/goes.go
index 107ce6a..7a57c72 100644
--- a/goes.go
+++ b/goes.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func (err *SearchError) Error() string {
 // This function is pretty useless for now but might be useful in a near future
 // if wee need more features like connection pooling or load balancing.
 func NewConnection(host string, port string) *Connection {
-	return &Connection{host, port, http.DefaultClient}
+	return &Connection{host, port, http.DefaultClient, false}
 }
 
 func (c *Connection) WithClient(cl *http.Client) *Connection {
@@ -342,6 +342,27 @@ func (c *Connection) Delete(d Document, extraArgs url.Values) (*Response, error)
 	return r.Run()
 }
 
+// Enable use number behaviour
+func (c *Connection) UseNumberEnable() {
+	c.UseNumber = true
+}
+
+func (req *Request) unmarshalBody(body []byte, esResp *Response) error {
+	if !req.Conn.UseNumber {
+		err := json.Unmarshal(body, esResp)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	} else {
+		dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(body))
+		dec.UseNumber()
+		if err := dec.Decode(esResp); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Run executes an elasticsearch Request. It converts data to Json, sends the
 // request and returns the Response obtained
 func (req *Request) Run() (*Response, error) {
@@ -353,7 +374,7 @@ func (req *Request) Run() (*Response, error) {
 	}
 
 	if req.method != "HEAD" {
-		err = json.Unmarshal(body, &esResp)
+		err = req.unmarshalBody(body, esResp)
 		if err != nil {
 			return esResp, err
 		}
diff --git a/goes_test.go b/goes_test.go
index a69fcb1..c5c583d 100644
--- a/goes_test.go
+++ b/goes_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (s *GoesTestSuite) SetUpTest(c *C) {
 
 func (s *GoesTestSuite) TestNewConnection(c *C) {
 	conn := NewConnection(ES_HOST, ES_PORT)
-	c.Assert(conn, DeepEquals, &Connection{ES_HOST, ES_PORT, http.DefaultClient})
+	c.Assert(conn, DeepEquals, &Connection{ES_HOST, ES_PORT, http.DefaultClient, false})
 }
 
 func (s *GoesTestSuite) TestWithClient(c *C) {
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (s *GoesTestSuite) TestWithClient(c *C) {
 	}
 	conn := NewConnection(ES_HOST, ES_PORT).WithClient(cl)
 
-	c.Assert(conn, DeepEquals, &Connection{ES_HOST, ES_PORT, cl})
+	c.Assert(conn, DeepEquals, &Connection{ES_HOST, ES_PORT, cl, false})
 	c.Assert(conn.Client.Transport.(*http.Transport).DisableCompression, Equals, true)
 	c.Assert(conn.Client.Transport.(*http.Transport).ResponseHeaderTimeout, Equals, 1*time.Second)
 }
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index c726461..70bdbab 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ type Connection struct {
 	// Client is the http client used to make requests, allowing settings things
 	// such as timeouts etc
 	Client *http.Client
+
+	// Specify to use numbers when unmarshal
+	UseNumber bool
 }
 
 // Represents a Request to elasticsearch