diff --git a/VectoCommon/VectoCommon/Utils/StringExtensionMethods.cs b/VectoCommon/VectoCommon/Utils/StringExtensionMethods.cs
index 6a91bd48eca9531cc55a55290826a18ddb4c3812..8d67210f9e4cc22e58de82fe1996736413bd4ffc 100644
--- a/VectoCommon/VectoCommon/Utils/StringExtensionMethods.cs
+++ b/VectoCommon/VectoCommon/Utils/StringExtensionMethods.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace TUGraz.VectoCommon.Utils
 				throw new FormatException("Cannot convert an empty string to a number.");
 			}
 
-			var success = double.TryParse(self, out var retVal);
+			var success = double.TryParse(self, NumberStyles.Float, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var retVal);
 			if (success) {
 				return retVal;
 			}