diff --git a/src/json.hpp b/src/json.hpp
index a4f28e03f..a886c4369 100644
--- a/src/json.hpp
+++ b/src/json.hpp
@@ -6520,8 +6520,9 @@ class basic_json
             const bool value_is_int_like =
                 std::find_if(m_buf.begin(), data_end,
                              [](const char c) 
-                             {   return (c >= '0' and c <= '9') 
-                                     or c == '-'; })
+                             {   return c == '.' 
+                                     or c == 'e' 
+                                     or c == 'E'; })
                 == data_end;
             
             assert(data_end + 2 < m_buf.end());
diff --git a/src/json.hpp.re2c b/src/json.hpp.re2c
index b9716c9e3..dd7af5dde 100644
--- a/src/json.hpp.re2c
+++ b/src/json.hpp.re2c
@@ -6520,8 +6520,9 @@ class basic_json
             const bool value_is_int_like =
                 std::find_if(m_buf.begin(), data_end,
                              [](const char c) 
-                             {   return (c >= '0' and c <= '9') 
-                                     or c == '-'; })
+                             {   return c == '.' 
+                                     or c == 'e' 
+                                     or c == 'E'; })
                 == data_end;
             
             assert(data_end + 2 < m_buf.end());
diff --git a/test/src/unit-regression.cpp b/test/src/unit-regression.cpp
index e04513caf..ada1e1042 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-regression.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-regression.cpp
@@ -394,9 +394,9 @@ TEST_CASE("regression tests")
         //issue #230
         //CHECK(j2b.dump() == "23.42");
 
-        CHECK(j3a.dump() == "10000");
-        CHECK(j3b.dump() == "10000");
-        CHECK(j3c.dump() == "10000");
+        CHECK(j3a.dump() == "10000.0");
+        CHECK(j3b.dump() == "10000.0");
+        CHECK(j3c.dump() == "10000.0");
         //CHECK(j3b.dump() == "1E04"); // roundtrip error
         //CHECK(j3c.dump() == "1e04"); // roundtrip error
     }