diff --git a/lib/thread_safe/cache.rb b/lib/thread_safe/cache.rb

index 109cb98..265c0e5 100644

--- a/lib/thread_safe/cache.rb

+++ b/lib/thread_safe/cache.rb

@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ def populate_from(hash)

     end

     def validate_options_hash!(options)

-      if (initial_capacity = options[:initial_capacity]) && (!initial_capacity.kind_of?(Fixnum) || initial_capacity < 0)

-        raise ArgumentError, ":initial_capacity must be a positive Fixnum"

+      if (initial_capacity = options[:initial_capacity]) && (!initial_capacity.kind_of?(0.class) || initial_capacity < 0)

+        raise ArgumentError, ":initial_capacity must be a positive #{0.class}"

       end

       if (load_factor = options[:load_factor]) && (!load_factor.kind_of?(Numeric) || load_factor <= 0 || load_factor > 1)

         raise ArgumentError, ":load_factor must be a number between 0 and 1"