diff --git a/android/core/src/processing/data/Table.java b/android/core/src/processing/data/Table.java
index 339f3e49d..d493b7b1e 100644
--- a/android/core/src/processing/data/Table.java
+++ b/android/core/src/processing/data/Table.java
@@ -1801,7 +1801,8 @@ public class Table {
 
   public int getInt(int row, int column) {
     checkBounds(row, column);
-    if (columnTypes[column] == INT) {
+    if (columnTypes[column] == INT ||
+        columnTypes[column] == CATEGORICAL) {
       int[] intData = (int[]) columns[column];
       return intData[row];
     }
diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/Table.java b/core/src/processing/data/Table.java
index 339f3e49d..d493b7b1e 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/Table.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/Table.java
@@ -1801,7 +1801,8 @@ public class Table {
 
   public int getInt(int row, int column) {
     checkBounds(row, column);
-    if (columnTypes[column] == INT) {
+    if (columnTypes[column] == INT ||
+        columnTypes[column] == CATEGORICAL) {
       int[] intData = (int[]) columns[column];
       return intData[row];
     }
diff --git a/core/todo.txt b/core/todo.txt
index a60ebf661..f73b7ae9c 100644
--- a/core/todo.txt
+++ b/core/todo.txt
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ _ getColumnType() - what should it return?
 _   Integer.TYPE, String.class? still nothing for categorical
 _   maybe it's Table.INT since it's for advanced users anyway
 _   problem is loading types from file, no way to access it from code
+_ getInt() on categorial to return index?
+_   getCategories() and getCategory() methods to query names?
 
 shape
 _ major surgery to put loadShape() back into PApplet/PGraphics