diff --git a/lib/csharp/src/Protocol/TJSONProtocol.cs b/lib/csharp/src/Protocol/TJSONProtocol.cs
index 3b27d30..cad9134 100644
--- a/lib/csharp/src/Protocol/TJSONProtocol.cs
+++ b/lib/csharp/src/Protocol/TJSONProtocol.cs
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@
 				}
 				try
 				{
-					return Double.Parse(ReadJSONNumericChars());
+					return Double.Parse(ReadJSONNumericChars(), CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
 				}
 				catch (FormatException)
 				{
diff --git a/test/DocTest.thrift b/test/DocTest.thrift
index cb355ae..c93ac3b 100644
--- a/test/DocTest.thrift
+++ b/test/DocTest.thrift
@@ -244,4 +244,6 @@
 */
 typedef i32 TotallyDegenerate
 
+/**no room for newline here*/
+
 /* THE END */