diff --git a/extensions/example-extension/page.tsx b/extensions/example-extension/page.tsx
index 7cf93b4cec..6516e738ff 100644
--- a/extensions/example-extension/page.tsx
+++ b/extensions/example-extension/page.tsx
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@ export interface SimpleParamsPageParams {
 
 @observer
 export class SimpleParamsPage extends React.Component<SimpleParamsPageProps> {
-  async componentDidMount() {
-    await namespaceStore.loadAll();
-  }
-
   deactivate = () => {
     const { extension } = this.props;
 
@@ -137,3 +133,25 @@ export class SimpleParamsPage extends React.Component<SimpleParamsPageProps> {
   }
 }
 
+export interface NonStringParamsPageProps extends Interface.PageComponentProps<NonStringParamsPageParams> {
+  extension: LensRendererExtension; // provided in "./renderer.tsx"
+}
+
+export interface NonStringParamsPageParams {
+  exampleId: string;
+  namespaceId: Number;
+}
+
+@observer
+export class NonStringParamsPage extends React.Component<NonStringParamsPageProps> {
+  render() {
+    const { exampleId, namespaceId } = this.props.params;
+
+    return (
+      <div className="flex gaps inline">
+        <p>exampleId is {exampleId.get()}</p>
+        <p>namespaceId is {namespaceId.get()}</p>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/extensions/example-extension/renderer.tsx b/extensions/example-extension/renderer.tsx
index bad8dc4844..e1dd7c648e 100644
--- a/extensions/example-extension/renderer.tsx
+++ b/extensions/example-extension/renderer.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { Component, Interface, K8sApi, LensRendererExtension } from "@k8slens/extensions";
 import { 
   ExamplePage, ExamplePageParams, namespaceStore,
-  SimplePage, SimpleParamsPage, SimpleParamsPageParams
+  SimplePage, SimpleParamsPage, SimpleParamsPageParams,
+  NonStringParamsPage, NonStringParamsPageParams
 } from "./page";
 import React from "react";
 import path from "path";
@@ -29,6 +30,20 @@ export default class ExampleExtension extends LensRendererExtension {
         namespace: "default"
       }
     },
+    {
+      id: "page-with-non-string-params",
+      components: {
+        Page: (props: Interface.PageComponentProps<NonStringParamsPageParams>) => {
+          return <NonStringParamsPage {...props} extension={this}/>;
+        },
+      },
+      params: {
+        exampleId: "demo",
+        namespaceId: {
+          defaultValue: 7
+        }
+      }
+    },
     {
       id: "page-with-complicated-params",
       components: {
@@ -57,14 +72,14 @@ export default class ExampleExtension extends LensRendererExtension {
 
   clusterPageMenus: Interface.ClusterPageMenuRegistration[] = [
     {
-      id: "top-example-menu",
+//      id: "top-example-menu",
       title: "Example extension",
       components: {
         Icon: ExampleIcon,
       },
     },
     {
-      parentId: "top-example-menu",
+//      parentId: "top-example-menu",
       title: "Simple Page",
       target: {
         pageId: "simple-page"
@@ -74,10 +89,10 @@ export default class ExampleExtension extends LensRendererExtension {
       },
     },
     {
-      parentId: "top-example-menu",
+//      parentId: "top-example-menu",
       title: "Simple Params",
       target: {
-        pageId: "page-with-simple-parms",
+        pageId: "page-with-simple-params",
         params: {
           exampleId: "no-secret",
           namespace: "test"
@@ -88,7 +103,21 @@ export default class ExampleExtension extends LensRendererExtension {
       },
     },
     {
-      parentId: "top-example-menu",
+//      parentId: "top-example-menu",
+      title: "Non-String Params",
+      target: {
+        pageId: "page-with-non-string-params",
+        params: {
+          exampleId: "A string",
+          namespaceId: 42
+        }
+      },
+      components: {
+        Icon: ExampleIcon,
+      },
+    },
+    {
+//      parentId: "top-example-menu",
       title: "Complicated Params",
       target: {
         pageId: "page-with-complicated-params"