diff --git a/src/lib_json/json_writer.cpp b/src/lib_json/json_writer.cpp
index 2ab16ac..5fc4bf0 100644
--- a/src/lib_json/json_writer.cpp
+++ b/src/lib_json/json_writer.cpp
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ JSONCPP_STRING valueToString(double value, bool useSpecialFloats, unsigned int p
   // concepts of reals and integers.
   if (isfinite(value)) {
     len = snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), formatString, value);
-    
+    fixNumericLocale(buffer, buffer + len);
+
     // try to ensure we preserve the fact that this was given to us as a double on input
     if (!strstr(buffer, ".") && !strstr(buffer, "e")) {
       strcat(buffer, ".0");
@@ -165,10 +166,8 @@ JSONCPP_STRING valueToString(double value, bool useSpecialFloats, unsigned int p
     } else {
       len = snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), useSpecialFloats ? "Infinity" : "1e+9999");
     }
-    // For those, we do not need to call fixNumLoc, but it is fast.
   }
   assert(len >= 0);
-  fixNumericLocale(buffer, buffer + len);
   return buffer;
 }
 }