diff --git a/openstack/db/v1/flavors/fixtures.go b/openstack/db/v1/flavors/fixtures.go
index df70898..f0016bc 100644
--- a/openstack/db/v1/flavors/fixtures.go
+++ b/openstack/db/v1/flavors/fixtures.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/testhelper/fixture"
@@ -27,9 +26,9 @@
 `
 
 var (
-	flavorID = 1
+	flavorID = "{flavorID}"
 	_baseURL = "/flavors"
-	resURL   = "/flavors/" + strconv.Itoa(flavorID)
+	resURL   = "/flavors/" + flavorID
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/openstack/db/v1/flavors/requests.go b/openstack/db/v1/flavors/requests.go
index beeeddc..fa34446 100644
--- a/openstack/db/v1/flavors/requests.go
+++ b/openstack/db/v1/flavors/requests.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 }
 
 // Get will retrieve information for a specified hardware flavor.
-func Get(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, id int) GetResult {
+func Get(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, id string) GetResult {
 	var gr GetResult
 
 	_, gr.Err = client.Request("GET", getURL(client, id), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
diff --git a/openstack/db/v1/flavors/results.go b/openstack/db/v1/flavors/results.go
index 2089f67..2cee010 100644
--- a/openstack/db/v1/flavors/results.go
+++ b/openstack/db/v1/flavors/results.go
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@
 		Flavor Flavor `mapstructure:"flavor"`
 	}
 
-	err := mapstructure.Decode(gr.Body, &result)
+	decoder, err := mapstructure.NewDecoder(&mapstructure.DecoderConfig{
+		WeaklyTypedInput: true,
+		Result:           &result,
+	})
+
+	err = decoder.Decode(gr.Body)
 	return &result.Flavor, err
 }
 
@@ -76,6 +81,12 @@
 		Flavors []Flavor `mapstructure:"flavors"`
 	}
 
-	err := mapstructure.Decode(casted, &container)
+	decoder, err := mapstructure.NewDecoder(&mapstructure.DecoderConfig{
+		WeaklyTypedInput: true,
+		Result:           &container,
+	})
+
+	err = decoder.Decode(casted)
+
 	return container.Flavors, err
 }
diff --git a/openstack/db/v1/flavors/urls.go b/openstack/db/v1/flavors/urls.go
index 3b3e8da..80da11f 100644
--- a/openstack/db/v1/flavors/urls.go
+++ b/openstack/db/v1/flavors/urls.go
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 package flavors
 
-import (
-	"strconv"
+import "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
 
-	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
-)
-
-func getURL(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, id int) string {
-	return client.ServiceURL("flavors", strconv.Itoa(id))
+func getURL(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, id string) string {
+	return client.ServiceURL("flavors", id)
 }
 
 func listURL(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient) string {