diff --git a/gui/qt/util.py b/gui/qt/util.py
index 998e1ea73c3e..1e9da39ffac1 100644
--- a/gui/qt/util.py
+++ b/gui/qt/util.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import webbrowser
 from collections import namedtuple
 from functools import partial, wraps
+from locale import atof
 
 from electroncash.address import Address
 from electroncash.util import print_error, PrintError, Weak, finalization_print_error
@@ -1065,10 +1066,7 @@ def __lt__(self, other):
             # We have set custom data to sort by
             return self_data < other_data
         try:
-            # Is the value something numeric?
-            self_text = self.text(column).replace(',', '')
-            other_text = other.text(column).replace(',', '')
-            return float(self_text) < float(other_text)
+            return atof(self.text(column)) < atof(other.text(column))
         except ValueError:
             # If not, we will just do string comparison
             return self.text(column) < other.text(column)