diff --git a/web/xml2json.xslt b/web/xml2json.xslt
index 96233be9..618bd2fa 100644
--- a/web/xml2json.xslt
+++ b/web/xml2json.xslt
@@ -125,8 +125,22 @@
 
   <!-- number (no support for javascript mantissa) -->
   <xsl:template match="text()[not(string(number())='NaN' or
-                       (starts-with(.,'0' ) and . != '0'))]">
-    <xsl:value-of select="."/>
+                                 (starts-with(.,'0' ) and . != '0' and not(starts-with(.,'0.' ))) or
+                                 (starts-with(.,'-0' ) and . != '-0' and not(starts-with(.,'-0.' ))))]">
+    <xsl:choose>
+      <xsl:when test="starts-with(.,'.')">
+        <xsl:value-of select="concat('0',.)"/>
+      </xsl:when>
+      <xsl:when test="starts-with(.,'-.')">
+        <xsl:value-of select="concat('-0.', substring(.,3))"/>
+      </xsl:when>
+      <xsl:when test="substring(., string-length(.))='.'">
+        <xsl:value-of select="concat(.,0)"/>
+      </xsl:when>
+      <xsl:otherwise>
+        <xsl:value-of select="."/>
+      </xsl:otherwise>
+    </xsl:choose>
   </xsl:template>
 
   <!-- boolean, case-insensitive -->