diff --git a/duckdb_engine/config.py b/duckdb_engine/config.py
index fe197139..a32f72ef 100644
--- a/duckdb_engine/config.py
+++ b/duckdb_engine/config.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 from functools import lru_cache
-from typing import Dict, Set
+from typing import Dict, Set, Type, Union
 
 import duckdb
-from sqlalchemy import String
+from sqlalchemy import Boolean, Integer, String
 from sqlalchemy.engine import Dialect
+from sqlalchemy.sql.type_api import TypeEngine
+
+TYPES: Dict[Type, TypeEngine] = {int: Integer(), str: String(), bool: Boolean()}
 
 
 @lru_cache()
@@ -17,8 +20,14 @@ def get_core_config() -> Set[str]:
 
 
 def apply_config(
-    dialect: Dialect, conn: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection, ext: Dict[str, str]
+    dialect: Dialect,
+    conn: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection,
+    ext: Dict[str, Union[str, int, bool]],
 ) -> None:
-    process = String().literal_processor(dialect=dialect)
+    # TODO: does sqlalchemy have something that could do this for us?
+    processors = {k: v.literal_processor(dialect=dialect) for k, v in TYPES.items()}
+
     for k, v in ext.items():
+        process = processors[type(v)]
+        assert process, f"Not able to configure {k} with {v}"
         conn.execute(f"SET {k} = {process(v)}")
diff --git a/duckdb_engine/tests/test_basic.py b/duckdb_engine/tests/test_basic.py
index 3da94fe5..6a405d99 100644
--- a/duckdb_engine/tests/test_basic.py
+++ b/duckdb_engine/tests/test_basic.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def test_preload_extension() -> None:
         "duckdb:///",
         connect_args={
             "preload_extensions": ["httpfs"],
-            "config": {"s3_region": "ap-southeast-2"},
+            "config": {"s3_region": "ap-southeast-2", "s3_use_ssl": True},
         },
     )