diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 2ba2a1f..74cc213 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -2,17 +2,10 @@
 
 # antaresRead 2.6.2 (development)
 
-NEW FEATURES :
+BUGFIXES :
+* `readIniFile()` : avoid `utils::type.convert` on specific cases (ex : 789e or 123i) 
 * `api_get()` add encoding argument to pass to `httr::content()`
 
-BUGFIXES :  
-
-BREAKING CHANGES :
-
-DATA :
-
-PERFORMANCE :
-
 
 # antaresRead 2.6.1
 
diff --git a/R/readIniFile.R b/R/readIniFile.R
index eda11d6..a5a8379 100644
--- a/R/readIniFile.R
+++ b/R/readIniFile.R
@@ -58,14 +58,18 @@ readIni <- function(pathIni, opts = antaresRead::simOptions(), default_ext = ".i
 #' @export
 #' @rdname read-ini
 readIniFile <- function(file, stringsAsFactors = FALSE) {
+  
   X <- readLines(file)
   sections <- grep("^\\[.*\\]$", X)
   starts <- sections + 1
   ends <- c(sections[-1] - 1, length(X))
   L <- vector(mode = "list", length = length(sections))
   names(L) <- gsub("\\[|\\]", "", X[sections])
+  
   for(i in seq(along = sections)) {
+  
     if (starts[i] >= ends[i]) next
+    
     pairs <- X[seq(starts[i], ends[i])]
     pairs <- pairs[pairs != ""]
     pairs <- strsplit(pairs, "=")
@@ -76,13 +80,17 @@ readIniFile <- function(file, stringsAsFactors = FALSE) {
     
     value <- lapply(pairs, `[`, 2)
     value <- as.list(trimws(unlist(value)))
-    value <- lapply(value, function(x) {
+    value <- lapply(value, function(x){
       if (tolower(x) %in% c("true", "false")) {
         tolower(x) == "true"
+      } else if(!identical(grep(pattern = "^[0-9]+(e|i)$", x = x), integer(0))) {
+        # Not convert those type of values : 789e or 789i (complex number)
+        as.character(x)
       } else {
         utils::type.convert(x, as.is = TRUE)
       }
-    })
+    }
+  )
     
     L[[i]] <- value
     names(L[[i]]) <- key
@@ -90,6 +98,7 @@ readIniFile <- function(file, stringsAsFactors = FALSE) {
   L
 }
 
+
 #' @param study_id Study's identifier.
 #' @param path Path of configuration object to read.
 #' @param host Host of AntaREST server API.
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-readIni.R b/tests/testthat/test-readIni.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..caf8573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-readIni.R
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+test_that("First test", {
+  
+  con <- file.path(tempdir(),"testReadIniFile.ini")
+  file.create(path = con)
+  cluster_list_ini_content <- c("[zone1_nuclear]", "group = Other", "name = zone1_nuclear", "test = true", "",
+                                "[92i]", "group = Other", "name = 92i", "test = true", "",
+                                "[zone1_gas]", "group = Other", "name = zone1_gas", "test = false", "",
+                                "[7983e]", "group = Other", "name = 7983e", "test = true", "",
+                                "[zone1_coal]", "group = Other", "name = zone1_coal", "test = false", ""
+                               )
+  writeLines(text = cluster_list_ini_content, con =  con)
+  
+  clusters <- readIniFile(con)
+  
+  # Specific cases not converted : 92i and 7983e
+  clusters_name <- sapply(clusters, "[[", "name")
+  clusters_name <- unname(clusters_name)
+  expect_identical(clusters_name, c("zone1_nuclear", "92i", "zone1_gas", "7983e", "zone1_coal"))
+  
+  # Boolean
+  clusters_test <- sapply(clusters, "[[", "test")
+  clusters_test <- unname(clusters_test)
+  expect_true(class(clusters_test) == "logical")
+})