diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1a54def..2e4b2ab 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nillion/nilql",
-  "version": "0.0.0-alpha.11",
+  "version": "0.0.0-alpha.12",
   "description": "Library for working with encrypted data within NilDB queries and replies.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/nillionnetwork/nilql-ts",
diff --git a/src/nilql.ts b/src/nilql.ts
index 08e7adc..95a8cbd 100644
--- a/src/nilql.ts
+++ b/src/nilql.ts
@@ -864,8 +864,8 @@ async function decrypt(
 function allot(document: object): object[] {
   // Values and `null` are base cases.
   if (
-    typeof document === "number" ||
     typeof document === "boolean" ||
+    typeof document === "number" ||
     typeof document === "string" ||
     document === null
   ) {
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ function allot(document: object): object[] {
   }
 
   throw new TypeError(
-    "number, boolean, string, array, null, or object expected",
+    "boolean, number, string, array, null, or object expected",
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/nilql.test.ts b/tests/nilql.test.ts
index bd0721c..5a27a8f 100644
--- a/tests/nilql.test.ts
+++ b/tests/nilql.test.ts
@@ -979,13 +979,14 @@ describe("end-to-end workflows involving share allotment and unification", () =>
   });
 
   test("allotment and unification of objects with nested arrays of shares for a multi-node cluster", async () => {
-    const data: { [k: string]: object | null } = {
+    const data: { [k: string]: object | null | number } = {
       a: [1n, [2n, 3n]],
       b: [4n, [5n, 6n]],
       c: null,
+      d: 1.23,
     };
     const secretKey = await nilql.SecretKey.generate(cluster, { store: true });
-    const encrypted: { [k: string]: object | null } = {};
+    const encrypted: { [k: string]: object | null | number } = {};
     for (const key of ["a", "b"]) {
       encrypted[key] = {
         "%allot": [
@@ -1004,6 +1005,7 @@ describe("end-to-end workflows involving share allotment and unification", () =>
       };
     }
     encrypted.c = null;
+    encrypted.d = 1.23;
     const shares = nilql.allot(encrypted) as Array<{
       [key: string]: string | object;
     }>;