diff --git a/bookwyrm/migrations/0192_make_page_positions_text.py b/bookwyrm/migrations/0192_make_page_positions_text.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..940a9e941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/migrations/0192_make_page_positions_text.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.23 on 2024-01-04 23:56
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("bookwyrm", "0191_merge_20240102_0326"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="quotation",
+            name="endposition",
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, null=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="quotation",
+            name="position",
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/bookwyrm/models/status.py b/bookwyrm/models/status.py
index cc44fe2bf..f33c32824 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/models/status.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/models/status.py
@@ -338,11 +338,13 @@ class Quotation(BookStatus):
 
     quote = fields.HtmlField()
     raw_quote = models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)
-    position = models.IntegerField(
-        validators=[MinValueValidator(0)], null=True, blank=True
+    position = models.TextField(
+        null=True,
+        blank=True,
     )
-    endposition = models.IntegerField(
-        validators=[MinValueValidator(0)], null=True, blank=True
+    endposition = models.TextField(
+        null=True,
+        blank=True,
     )
     position_mode = models.CharField(
         max_length=3,
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/create_status/quotation.html b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/create_status/quotation.html
index bd1d817ad..dc17585a9 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/create_status/quotation.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/create_status/quotation.html
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ uuid: a unique identifier used to make html "id" attributes unique and clarify j
                 <input
                     aria-label="{% if draft.position_mode == 'PG' %}Page{% else %}Percent{% endif %}"
                     class="input"
-                    type="number"
-                    min="0"
+                    type="text"
                     name="position"
                     size="3"
                     value="{% firstof draft.position '' %}"
@@ -72,8 +71,7 @@ uuid: a unique identifier used to make html "id" attributes unique and clarify j
                 <input
                     aria-label="{% if draft.position_mode == 'PG' %}Page{% else %}Percent{% endif %}"
                     class="input"
-                    type="number"
-                    min="0"
+                    type="text"
                     name="endposition"
                     size="3"
                     value="{% firstof draft.endposition '' %}"
diff --git a/bookwyrm/tests/views/books/test_book.py b/bookwyrm/tests/views/books/test_book.py
index d1d118ec0..4d41eaa5d 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/tests/views/books/test_book.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/tests/views/books/test_book.py
@@ -272,8 +272,8 @@ class BookViews(TestCase):
             book=self.book,
             content="hi",
             quote="wow",
-            position=12,
-            endposition=13,
+            position="12",
+            endposition="13",
         )
 
         request = self.factory.get("")
@@ -286,7 +286,9 @@ class BookViews(TestCase):
         validate_html(result.render())
         print(result.render())
         self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 200)
-        self.assertEqual(result.context_data["statuses"].object_list[0].endposition, 13)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            result.context_data["statuses"].object_list[0].endposition, "13"
+        )
 
 
 def _setup_cover_url():