diff --git a/apis/lagoon/v1beta2/lagoontask_types.go b/apis/lagoon/v1beta2/lagoontask_types.go
index 8e9e4d6f..9f5b0024 100644
--- a/apis/lagoon/v1beta2/lagoontask_types.go
+++ b/apis/lagoon/v1beta2/lagoontask_types.go
@@ -159,6 +159,40 @@ func init() {
 	SchemeBuilder.Register(&LagoonTask{}, &LagoonTaskList{})
 }
 
+// convert to string as required for environment ID for backwards compatability
+func (a *LagoonTaskEnvironment) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	tmpMap := map[string]interface{}{}
+	json.Unmarshal(data, &tmpMap)
+	if value, ok := tmpMap["id"]; ok {
+		if reflect.TypeOf(value).Kind() == reflect.String {
+			id, _ := strconv.Atoi(value.(string))
+			idUint := uint(id)
+			a.ID = &idUint
+		} else {
+			aid := value.(uint)
+			a.ID = &aid
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// convert to string as required for project ID for backwards compatability
+func (a *LagoonTaskProject) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	tmpMap := map[string]interface{}{}
+	json.Unmarshal(data, &tmpMap)
+	if value, ok := tmpMap["id"]; ok {
+		if reflect.TypeOf(value).Kind() == reflect.String {
+			id, _ := strconv.Atoi(value.(string))
+			idUint := uint(id)
+			a.ID = &idUint
+		} else {
+			aid := value.(uint)
+			a.ID = &aid
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // this is a custom unmarshal function that will check deployerToken and sshKey which come from Lagoon as `1|0` booleans because javascript
 // this converts them from floats to bools
 func (a *LagoonAdvancedTaskInfo) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {