diff --git a/examples/timelineCsvConverter.py b/examples/timelineCsvConverter.py
index 39d5697..71e061f 100755
--- a/examples/timelineCsvConverter.py
+++ b/examples/timelineCsvConverter.py
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 # Extract decimal number in a string
 def getDecimalFromString(inputString):
     try:
-        numbers = re.findall('[-+]?\d*\,\d+|\d+', inputString)
-        return numbers[0].replace(",",".")
+        numbers = re.findall('[-+]?\d.*\,\d+|\d+', inputString)
+        return numbers[0].replace(".","").replace(",",".")
     except:
         return None
     return None