diff --git a/templates/group_start b/templates/group_start
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3206eb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/group_start
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[[- if has . "count" ]]
+    count = [[ .count ]]
+[[- end ]]
+    shutdown_delay = "6s"
+[[ template "common/constraints" . ]]
+
+[[- if has .nomad "update" ]]
+
+  update {
+  [[- range $key := coll.Slice "max_parallel" "health_check" "min_healthy_time" "healthy_deadline" "progress_deadline" "auto_revert" "auto_promote" "canary" "stagger" ]]
+    [[- if has $.nomad.update $key ]]
+      [[- if or (test.IsKind "bool" (index $.nomad.update $key)) (test.IsKind "number" (index $.nomad.update $key)) ]]
+    [[ $key ]] = [[ index $.nomad.update $key ]]
+      [[- else ]]
+    [[ $key ]] = [[ index $.nomad.update $key | toJSON ]]
+      [[- end ]]
+    [[- end ]]
+  [[- end ]]
+  }
+[[- end ]]
diff --git a/templates/job_start b/templates/job_start
index 92100ef..50f850b 100644
--- a/templates/job_start
+++ b/templates/job_start
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   update {
   [[- range $key := coll.Slice "max_parallel" "health_check" "min_healthy_time" "healthy_deadline" "progress_deadline" "auto_revert" "auto_promote" "canary" "stagger" ]]
     [[- if has $.nomad.update $key ]]
-      [[- if or (test.IsKind "bool" (index $.nomad.update $key)) (test.IsKind "int" (index $.nomad.update $key)) ]]
+      [[- if or (test.IsKind "bool" (index $.nomad.update $key)) (test.IsKind "number" (index $.nomad.update $key)) ]]
     [[ $key ]] = [[ index $.nomad.update $key ]]
       [[- else ]]
     [[ $key ]] = [[ index $.nomad.update $key | toJSON ]]