diff --git a/src/Faction/ui/DonateOption.tsx b/src/Faction/ui/DonateOption.tsx
index c7bed8247..b1b1c21fe 100644
--- a/src/Faction/ui/DonateOption.tsx
+++ b/src/Faction/ui/DonateOption.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import { Reputation } from "../../ui/React/Reputation";
 
 import { StdButton } from "../../ui/React/StdButton";
 
+import { numeralWrapper } from "../../ui/numeralFormat";
+
 import { dialogBoxCreate } from "../../../utils/DialogBox";
 
 type IProps = {
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ export class DonateOption extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
     }
 
     handleChange(e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>): void {
-        const amt = parseFloat(e.target.value);
+        const amt = numeralWrapper.parse(e.target.value);
 
         if (isNaN(amt)) {
             this.setState({
diff --git a/src/ui/numeralFormat.ts b/src/ui/numeralFormat.ts
index 86e32f61c..0e2c372e6 100644
--- a/src/ui/numeralFormat.ts
+++ b/src/ui/numeralFormat.ts
@@ -138,6 +138,22 @@ class NumeralFormatter {
     formatThreads(n: number): string {
         return this.format(n, "0,0");
     }
+
+    parse(s: string): number {
+        // numeral library does not handle formats like 1e10 well (returns 110),
+        // so if both return a valid number, return the biggest one
+        const numeralValue = numeral(s).value();
+        const parsed = parseFloat(s);
+        if (isNaN(parsed) && numeralValue === null) {
+            return NaN;
+        } else if (isNaN(parsed)) {
+            return numeralValue;
+        } else if (numeralValue === null) {
+            return parsed;
+        } else {
+            return Math.max(numeralValue, parsed);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 export const numeralWrapper = new NumeralFormatter();