diff --git a/services/tunnelbroker/src/Database/MessageItem.cpp b/services/tunnelbroker/src/Database/MessageItem.cpp
index 1a67c8ed5..45ea1f0e1 100644
--- a/services/tunnelbroker/src/Database/MessageItem.cpp
+++ b/services/tunnelbroker/src/Database/MessageItem.cpp
@@ -1,100 +1,100 @@
 #include "MessageItem.h"
 #include "ConfigManager.h"
 #include "Tools.h"
 
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace comm {
 namespace network {
 namespace database {
 
 const std::string MessageItem::FIELD_MESSAGE_ID = "MessageID";
 const std::string MessageItem::FIELD_FROM_DEVICE_ID = "FromDeviceID";
 const std::string MessageItem::FIELD_TO_DEVICE_ID = "ToDeviceID";
 const std::string MessageItem::FIELD_PAYLOAD = "Payload";
 const std::string MessageItem::FIELD_BLOB_HASHES = "BlobHashes";
 const std::string MessageItem::FIELD_EXPIRE = "Expire";
 
 MessageItem::MessageItem(
     const std::string messageID,
     const std::string fromDeviceID,
     const std::string toDeviceID,
     const std::string payload,
     const std::string blobHashes,
     const uint64_t expire)
     : messageID(messageID),
       fromDeviceID(fromDeviceID),
       toDeviceID(toDeviceID),
       payload(payload),
       blobHashes(blobHashes),
       expire(expire) {
   this->validate();
 }
 
 MessageItem::MessageItem(const AttributeValues &itemFromDB) {
   this->assignItemFromDatabase(itemFromDB);
 }
 
 void MessageItem::validate() const {
   if (!tools::validateDeviceID(this->fromDeviceID)) {
     throw std::runtime_error("Error: FromDeviceID format is wrong.");
   }
   if (!tools::validateDeviceID(this->toDeviceID)) {
     throw std::runtime_error("Error: ToDeviceID format is wrong.");
   }
   tools::checkIfNotEmpty("messageID", this->messageID);
   tools::checkIfNotZero("expire", this->expire);
 }
 
 void MessageItem::assignItemFromDatabase(const AttributeValues &itemFromDB) {
   try {
     this->messageID = itemFromDB.at(MessageItem::FIELD_MESSAGE_ID).GetS();
     this->fromDeviceID =
         itemFromDB.at(MessageItem::FIELD_FROM_DEVICE_ID).GetS();
     this->toDeviceID = itemFromDB.at(MessageItem::FIELD_TO_DEVICE_ID).GetS();
     this->payload = itemFromDB.at(MessageItem::FIELD_PAYLOAD).GetS();
     this->blobHashes = itemFromDB.at(MessageItem::FIELD_BLOB_HASHES).GetS();
-    this->expire = std::stoull(itemFromDB.at(MessageItem::FIELD_EXPIRE).GetN());
+    this->expire = std::stoull(itemFromDB.at(MessageItem::FIELD_EXPIRE).GetS());
   } catch (const std::exception &e) {
     throw std::runtime_error(
         "Got an exception at MessageItem: " + std::string(e.what()));
   }
   this->validate();
 }
 
 std::string MessageItem::getTableName() const {
   return config::ConfigManager::getInstance().getParameter(
       config::ConfigManager::OPTION_DYNAMODB_MESSAGES_TABLE);
 }
 
 std::string MessageItem::getPrimaryKey() const {
   return MessageItem::FIELD_MESSAGE_ID;
 }
 
 std::string MessageItem::getMessageID() const {
   return this->messageID;
 }
 
 std::string MessageItem::getFromDeviceID() const {
   return this->fromDeviceID;
 }
 
 std::string MessageItem::getToDeviceID() const {
   return this->toDeviceID;
 }
 
 std::string MessageItem::getPayload() const {
   return this->payload;
 }
 
 std::string MessageItem::getBlobHashes() const {
   return this->blobHashes;
 }
 
 uint64_t MessageItem::getExpire() const {
   return this->expire;
 }
 
 } // namespace database
 } // namespace network
 } // namespace comm