diff --git a/quickfixj-core/src/main/java/quickfix/field/converter/DoubleConverter.java b/quickfixj-core/src/main/java/quickfix/field/converter/DoubleConverter.java
index fa9bdecd26..ee8c05a88d 100644
--- a/quickfixj-core/src/main/java/quickfix/field/converter/DoubleConverter.java
+++ b/quickfixj-core/src/main/java/quickfix/field/converter/DoubleConverter.java
@@ -25,14 +25,11 @@
 import java.text.DecimalFormat;
 import java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols;
 import java.util.Locale;
-import java.util.regex.Matcher;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 /**
  * Converts between a double and a String.
  */
 public class DoubleConverter {
-    private static final Pattern DECIMAL_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("-?\\d*(\\.\\d*)?");
     private static final ThreadLocal<DecimalFormat[]> THREAD_DECIMAL_FORMATS = new ThreadLocal<>();
 
     /**
@@ -92,13 +89,25 @@ public static String convert(double d, int padding) {
      */
     public static double convert(String value) throws FieldConvertError {
         try {
-            Matcher matcher = DECIMAL_PATTERN.matcher(value);
-            if (!matcher.matches()) {
-                throw new NumberFormatException();
-            }
-            return Double.parseDouble(value);
+            return parseDouble(value);
         } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
             throw new FieldConvertError("invalid double value: " + value);
         }
     }
+
+    private static double parseDouble(String value) {
+        if(value.length() == 0) throw new NumberFormatException(value);
+        boolean dot = false; int i = 0;
+        char c = value.charAt(i);
+        switch (c) {
+            case '-': i++; break;
+            case '+': throw new NumberFormatException(value);
+        }
+        for (; i < value.length(); i++) {
+            c = value.charAt(i);
+            if (!dot && c == '.') dot = true;
+            else if (c < '0' || c > '9') throw new NumberFormatException(value);
+        }
+        return Double.parseDouble(value);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/quickfixj-core/src/test/java/quickfix/FieldConvertersTest.java b/quickfixj-core/src/test/java/quickfix/FieldConvertersTest.java
index a245bace79..b98ce32a38 100644
--- a/quickfixj-core/src/test/java/quickfix/FieldConvertersTest.java
+++ b/quickfixj-core/src/test/java/quickfix/FieldConvertersTest.java
@@ -59,6 +59,15 @@ public void testIntegerConversion() throws Exception {
         } catch (FieldConvertError e) {
             // expected
         }
+
+        try {
+            //Sequence of digits without commas or decimals and optional sign character (ASCII characters "-" and "0" - "9" ).
+            //FIXME
+            IntConverter.convert("１００");
+            fail();
+        } catch (FieldConvertError e) {
+            // expected
+        }
     }
 
     public void testDoubleConversion() throws Exception {