diff --git a/scripts/tests/test-retrieval-server.py b/scripts/tests/test-retrieval-server.py
index 9028a83..8faf6c0 100644
--- a/scripts/tests/test-retrieval-server.py
+++ b/scripts/tests/test-retrieval-server.py
@@ -403,6 +403,25 @@ class RetrievalServerTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(MODULE.reciprocal_rank_fusion([1, 2, 3], [4, 2, 3]), [2, 3, 1, 4])
         self.assertEqual(MODULE.reciprocal_rank_fusion([], [4, 2]), [4, 2])
 
+    def test_dense_candidates_converts_vector_keys_for_sqlite(self):
+        class VectorKey:
+            def __int__(self):
+                return 9
+
+        with TemporaryDirectory() as temporary:
+            root = Path(temporary)
+            index = MODULE.Index(root, root / 'data')
+            index.vector_index = SimpleNamespace(search=lambda vector, count: [SimpleNamespace(key=VectorKey())])
+            usearch, usearch_index = fake_usearch()
+            try:
+                with patch.dict('sys.modules', numpy=fake_numpy(), usearch=usearch,
+                                **{'usearch.index': usearch_index}):
+                    candidates = index.dense_candidates(embedding())
+                self.assertEqual(candidates, [9])
+                self.assertIs(type(candidates[0]), int)
+            finally:
+                index.db.close()
+
     def test_hybrid_candidates_and_document_metadata(self):
         with TemporaryDirectory() as temporary:
             root = Path(temporary)
diff --git a/shared/retrieval/server.py b/shared/retrieval/server.py
index 525aefb..9a8277d 100644
--- a/shared/retrieval/server.py
+++ b/shared/retrieval/server.py
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ class Index:
                 vectors = np.frombuffer(b"".join(row[1] for row in rows), dtype=np.float32).reshape(-1, EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS)
                 index.add([row[0] for row in rows], vectors)
             self.vector_index = index
-        return [match.key for match in self.vector_index.search(vector, DENSE_CANDIDATES)]
+        return [int(match.key) for match in self.vector_index.search(vector, DENSE_CANDIDATES)]
 
     def cache_key(self, query: str, top_k: int):
         identity = json.dumps([