diff --git a/lib/ems.js b/lib/ems.js
index 9fb7557..65a070f 100644
--- a/lib/ems.js
+++ b/lib/ems.js
@@ -411,6 +411,8 @@ async function write_state(statename,value,def) {
 
 		let defj = {};
 		if (def != "" && def != "Invalid") {
+			try {defj = JSON.parse(def);} catch(e) {def = def.replace(".,", ",");}
+			/* 2nd try with corrected numeric values */
 			try {defj = JSON.parse(def);}
 			catch(e) {
 				adapter.log.warn("wrong ems-esp state definition: " + statename + "  " + def);