diff --git a/source/flo/__init__.py b/source/flo/__init__.py
index a2e66590b4d2779e391fbcfdcde2f8a8911d0d2e..aca7acc396552e0f5a774b6cfda06df272cc4949 100644
--- a/source/flo/__init__.py
+++ b/source/flo/__init__.py
@@ -961,6 +961,9 @@ class FUSION_MATLAB(Computation):
 
         LOG.debug("dist_root = '{}'".format(dist_root))
 
+        # Strip any leading or trailing zeros from the collection number.
+        product.options['collection'] = int(str(product.options['collection']).strip('0'))
+
         # Get the required  environment variables
         env = self.prepare_env(dist_root, inputs, context)