diff --git a/datavec/datavec-api/src/main/java/org/datavec/api/transform/schema/conversion/TypeConversion.java b/datavec/datavec-api/src/main/java/org/datavec/api/transform/schema/conversion/TypeConversion.java
index afd1286692dc..1f7e938b6248 100644
--- a/datavec/datavec-api/src/main/java/org/datavec/api/transform/schema/conversion/TypeConversion.java
+++ b/datavec/datavec-api/src/main/java/org/datavec/api/transform/schema/conversion/TypeConversion.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public int convertInt(Writable writable) {
     }
 
     public int convertInt(String o) {
-        return Integer.parseInt(o);
+        return (int) Double.parseDouble(o);
     }
 
     public double convertDouble(Writable writable) {
diff --git a/datavec/datavec-arrow/src/main/java/org/datavec/arrow/ArrowConverter.java b/datavec/datavec-arrow/src/main/java/org/datavec/arrow/ArrowConverter.java
index 48f9474d5fdd..f76917063364 100644
--- a/datavec/datavec-arrow/src/main/java/org/datavec/arrow/ArrowConverter.java
+++ b/datavec/datavec-arrow/src/main/java/org/datavec/arrow/ArrowConverter.java
@@ -725,7 +725,6 @@ private static List<FieldVector> createFieldVectors(BufferAllocator bufferAlloca
                 case Time: ret.add(timeVectorOf(bufferAllocator,schema.getName(i),numRows)); break;
                 case NDArray: ret.add(ndarrayVectorOf(bufferAllocator,schema.getName(i),numRows)); break;
                 default: throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal type found for creation of field vectors" + schema.getType(i));
-
             }
         }
 
@@ -795,6 +794,7 @@ public static void setValue(ColumnType columnType,FieldVector fieldVector,Object
                     long timeSet = TypeConversion.getInstance().convertLong(value);
                     setLongInTime(fieldVector, row, timeSet);
                     break;
+                case Bytes:
                 case NDArray:
                     NDArrayWritable arr = (NDArrayWritable) value;
                     VarBinaryVector nd4jArrayVector = (VarBinaryVector) fieldVector;
@@ -802,8 +802,13 @@ public static void setValue(ColumnType columnType,FieldVector fieldVector,Object
                     //for proper offsets
                     ByteBuffer byteBuffer = BinarySerde.toByteBuffer(arr.get());
                     nd4jArrayVector.setSafe(row,byteBuffer,0,byteBuffer.capacity());
+                case Boolean:
+                    BitVector bitVector = (BitVector) fieldVector;
+                    if(value instanceof Boolean)
+                        bitVector.set(row, (boolean) value ? 1 : 0);
+                    else
+                        bitVector.set(row, ((BooleanWritable) value).get() ? 1 : 0);
                     break;
-
             }
         }catch(Exception e) {
             log.warn("Unable to set value at row " + row);
@@ -1216,6 +1221,7 @@ public static Writable fromEntry(int item,FieldVector from,ColumnType columnType
             case Time:
                 //TODO: need to look at closer
                 return new LongWritable(getLongFromFieldVector(item,from));
+            case Bytes:
             case NDArray:
                 VarBinaryVector valueVector = (VarBinaryVector) from;
                 byte[] bytes = valueVector.get(item);
diff --git a/datavec/datavec-python/src/main/java/org/datavec/python/PythonTransform.java b/datavec/datavec-python/src/main/java/org/datavec/python/PythonTransform.java
index 183e43c189de..8181a4d63eb9 100644
--- a/datavec/datavec-python/src/main/java/org/datavec/python/PythonTransform.java
+++ b/datavec/datavec-python/src/main/java/org/datavec/python/PythonTransform.java
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ private PythonVariables getPyInputsFromWritables(List<Writable> writables) {
                     } else {
                         ret.addInt(name, ((IntWritable) w).get());
                     }
-
                     break;
                 case FLOAT:
                     if (w instanceof DoubleWritable) {
@@ -238,6 +237,9 @@ private PythonVariables getPyInputsFromWritables(List<Writable> writables) {
                 case NDARRAY:
                     ret.addNDArray(name, ((NDArrayWritable) w).get());
                     break;
+                case BOOL:
+                    ret.addBool(name, ((BooleanWritable) w).get());
+                    break;
                 default:
                     throw new RuntimeException("Unsupported input type:" + pyType);
             }
@@ -270,6 +272,9 @@ private List<Writable> getWritablesFromPyOutputs(PythonVariables pyOuts) {
                     NumpyArray arr = pyOuts.getNDArrayValue(name);
                     schemaBuilder.addColumnNDArray(name, arr.getShape());
                     break;
+                case BOOL:
+                    schemaBuilder.addColumnBoolean(name);
+                    break;
                 default:
                     throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to support type " + pyType.name());
             }
@@ -318,6 +323,9 @@ private List<Writable> getWritablesFromPyOutputs(PythonVariables pyOuts) {
                         throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to serialize list vlaue " + name + " to json!");
                     }
                     break;
+                case BOOL:
+                    out.add(new BooleanWritable(pyOuts.getBooleanValue(name)));
+                    break;
                 default:
                     throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to support type " + pyType.name());
             }
diff --git a/datavec/datavec-python/src/main/java/org/datavec/python/PythonUtils.java b/datavec/datavec-python/src/main/java/org/datavec/python/PythonUtils.java
index 18fdaf27a7e0..293260594229 100644
--- a/datavec/datavec-python/src/main/java/org/datavec/python/PythonUtils.java
+++ b/datavec/datavec-python/src/main/java/org/datavec/python/PythonUtils.java
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ public static PythonVariables schemaToPythonVariables(Schema schema) throws Exce
                 case NDArray:
                     pyVars.addNDArray(colName);
                     break;
+                case Boolean:
+                    pyVars.addBool(colName);
+                    break;
                 default:
                     throw new Exception("Unsupported python input type: " + colType.toString());
             }