diff --git a/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.QnA/Dialogs/QnAMakerDialog.cs b/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.QnA/Dialogs/QnAMakerDialog.cs
index 95334aca29..c777c3b026 100644
--- a/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.QnA/Dialogs/QnAMakerDialog.cs
+++ b/libraries/Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.QnA/Dialogs/QnAMakerDialog.cs
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ private static void ResetOptions(DialogContext dc, QnAMakerDialogOptions dialogO
 
             if (qnaIdFromContext != null)
             {
-                dialogOptions.QnAMakerOptions.QnAId = (int)(long)qnaIdFromContext;
+                dialogOptions.QnAMakerOptions.QnAId = long.TryParse(qnaIdFromContext.ToString(), out long qnaId) ? (int)qnaId : 0;
             }
             else
             {