diff --git a/chomp.go b/chomp.go
index b452ff2..809ee51 100644
--- a/chomp.go
+++ b/chomp.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package shell
 */
 
 import "log"
+import "fmt"
 import "reflect"
 import "strings"
 import "bytes"
@@ -67,7 +68,11 @@ func Chomp(a interface{}) string {
 			bytesSplice = tmp.Bytes()
 			return Chomp(string(bytesSplice))
 		default:
+			tmp := fmt.Sprint("shell.Chomp() NO HANDLER FOR TYPE: %T", a)
+			handleError(fmt.Errorf(tmp), -1)
 			log.Printf("shell.Chomp() NEED TO MAKE CONVERTER FOR type =", reflect.TypeOf(t))
 	}
+	tmp := "shell.Chomp() THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN"
+	handleError(fmt.Errorf(tmp), -1)
 	return ""
 }
diff --git a/int.go b/int.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45186c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/int.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package shell
+
+/* 
+	send it anything, always get back an int
+*/
+
+// import "log"
+// import "reflect"
+// import "strings"
+// import "bytes"
+import "strconv"
+
+func Int(s string) int {
+	s = Chomp(s)
+	i, err := strconv.Atoi(s)
+	if (err != nil) {
+		handleError(err, -1)
+		return 0
+	}
+	return i
+}