diff --git a/reminder/bot.py b/reminder/bot.py
index f9d9f25..18d2c70 100644
--- a/reminder/bot.py
+++ b/reminder/bot.py
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ def get_config_class(cls) -> Type[BaseProxyConfig]:
         return Config
 
     async def start(self) -> None:
-        await super().start()
         self.on_external_config_update()
         self.db = ReminderDatabase(self.database)
         self.reminder_loop_task = asyncio.ensure_future(self.reminder_loop(), loop=self.loop)
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ def on_external_config_update(self) -> None:
         self.base_aliases = tuple(bc) if isinstance(bc, list) else (bc,)
 
     async def stop(self) -> None:
-        await super().stop()
         self.reminder_loop_task.cancel()
 
     async def reminder_loop(self) -> None:
diff --git a/reminder/locale_util.py b/reminder/locale_util.py
index 604878b..46e9041 100644
--- a/reminder/locale_util.py
+++ b/reminder/locale_util.py
@@ -62,11 +62,19 @@ def match(self, val: str) -> Optional[MatcherReturn]:
         pass
 
 
+def int_or_float(val: str) -> Union[int, float]:
+    if "," in val:
+        return float(val.replace(",", "."))
+    elif "." in val:
+        return float(val)
+    return int(val)
+
+
 class RegexMatcher(Matcher):
     regex: Pattern
     value_type: Type
 
-    def __init__(self, pattern: str, value_type: Type = int) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, pattern: str, value_type: Type = int_or_float) -> None:
         self.regex = re.compile(pattern, re.IGNORECASE)
         self.value_type = value_type
 
diff --git a/reminder/locales.py b/reminder/locales.py
index b12632d..8a5e1ac 100644
--- a/reminder/locales.py
+++ b/reminder/locales.py
@@ -21,16 +21,17 @@
 locales: Locales = {}
 
 td_sep_en = r"(?:[\s,]{1,3}(?:and\s)?)?"
+number = r"[+-]?\d+(?:[.,]\d+)?"
 locales["en_iso"] = Locale(
     name="English (ISO)",
     timedelta=RegexMatcher(r"(?:(?:in|after)\s)?"
-                           rf"(?:(?P<years>[-+]?\d+)\s?y(?:r|ears?)?{td_sep_en})?"
-                           rf"(?:(?P<months>[-+]?\d+)\s?mo(?:nths?)?{td_sep_en})?"
-                           rf"(?:(?P<weeks>[-+]?\d+)\s?w(?:k|eeks?)?{td_sep_en})?"
-                           rf"(?:(?P<days>[-+]?\d+)\s?d(?:ays?)?{td_sep_en})?"
-                           rf"(?:(?P<hours>[-+]?\d+)\s?h(?:(?:r|our)?s?){td_sep_en})?"
-                           rf"(?:(?P<minutes>[-+]?\d+)\s?m(?:in(?:ute)?s?)?{td_sep_en})?"
-                           r"(?:(?P<seconds>[-+]?\d+)\s?s(?:ec(?:ond)?s?)?)?"
+                           rf"(?:(?P<years>{number})\s?y(?:r|ear)?s?{td_sep_en})?"
+                           rf"(?:(?P<months>{number})\s?mo(?:nth)?s?{td_sep_en})?"
+                           rf"(?:(?P<weeks>{number})\s?w(?:k|eek)?s?{td_sep_en})?"
+                           rf"(?:(?P<days>{number})\s?d(?:ays?)?{td_sep_en})?"
+                           rf"(?:(?P<hours>{number})\s?h(?:(?:r|our)?s?){td_sep_en})?"
+                           rf"(?:(?P<minutes>{number})\s?m(?:in(?:ute)?s?)?{td_sep_en})?"
+                           rf"(?:(?P<seconds>{number})\s?s(?:ec(?:ond)?s?)?)?"
                            r"(?:\s|$)"),
     date=RegexMatcher(r"(?P<year>\d{4})-(?P<month>\d{2})-(?P<day>\d{2})\s"),
     weekday=WeekdayMatcher(pattern=r"(?:today"
@@ -72,13 +73,13 @@
 td_sep_fi = r"(?:[\s,]{1,3}(?:ja\s)?)?"
 locales["fi_fi"] = Locale(
     name="Finnish",
-    timedelta=RegexMatcher(rf"(?:(?P<years>[-+]?\d+)\s?v(?:uo(?:tta|den))?{td_sep_fi})?"
-                           rf"(?:(?P<months>[-+]?\d+)\s?k(?:k|uukau(?:si|tta|den))?{td_sep_fi})?"
-                           rf"(?:(?P<weeks>[-+]?\d+)\s?v(?:k|iikk?o[an]?){td_sep_fi})?"
-                           rf"(?:(?P<days>[-+]?\d+)\s?p(?:v|äivä[än]?){td_sep_fi})?"
-                           rf"(?:(?P<hours>[-+]?\d+)\s?t(?:un(?:nin?|tia))?{td_sep_fi})?"
-                           rf"(?:(?P<minutes>[-+]?\d+)\s?m(?:in(?:uut(?:in?|tia))?)?{td_sep_fi})?"
-                           r"(?:(?P<seconds>[-+]?\d+)\s?s(?:ek(?:un(?:nin?|tia))?)?)?"
+    timedelta=RegexMatcher(rf"(?:(?P<years>{number})\s?v(?:uo(?:tta|den))?{td_sep_fi})?"
+                           rf"(?:(?P<months>{number})\s?k(?:k|uukau(?:si|tta|den))?{td_sep_fi})?"
+                           rf"(?:(?P<weeks>{number})\s?v(?:k|iikk?o[an]?){td_sep_fi})?"
+                           rf"(?:(?P<days>{number})\s?p(?:v|äivä[än]?){td_sep_fi})?"
+                           rf"(?:(?P<hours>{number})\s?t(?:un(?:nin?|tia))?{td_sep_fi})?"
+                           rf"(?:(?P<minutes>{number})\s?m(?:in(?:uut(?:in?|tia))?)?{td_sep_fi})?"
+                           rf"(?:(?P<seconds>{number})\s?s(?:ek(?:un(?:nin?|tia))?)?)?"
                            r"(?:\s(?:kuluttua|päästä?))?"
                            r"(?:\s|$)"),
     date=ShortYearMatcher(r"(?P<day>\d{1,2})\.(?P<month>\d{1,2})\.(?P<year>\d{2}(?:\d{2})?)\s"),
@@ -108,13 +109,13 @@
 locales["de_de"] = Locale(
     name="German",
     timedelta=RegexMatcher(rf"(?:in\s)?"
-                           rf"(?:(?P<years>[-+]?\d+)\s?jahr(?:en)?{td_sep_de})?"
-                           rf"(?:(?P<months>[-+]?\d+)\s?monat(?:en)?{td_sep_de})?"
-                           rf"(?:(?P<weeks>[-+]?\d+)\s?wochen?{td_sep_de})?"
-                           rf"(?:(?P<days>[-+]?\d+)\s?tag(?:en)?{td_sep_de})?"
-                           rf"(?:(?P<hours>[-+]?\d+)\s?stunden?{td_sep_de})?"
-                           rf"(?:(?P<minutes>[-+]?\d+)\s?minuten?{td_sep_de})?"
-                           r"(?:(?P<seconds>[-+]?\d+)\s?sekunden?)?"),
+                           rf"(?:(?P<years>{number})\s?jahr(?:en)?{td_sep_de})?"
+                           rf"(?:(?P<months>{number})\s?monat(?:en)?{td_sep_de})?"
+                           rf"(?:(?P<weeks>{number})\s?wochen?{td_sep_de})?"
+                           rf"(?:(?P<days>{number})\s?tag(?:en)?{td_sep_de})?"
+                           rf"(?:(?P<hours>{number})\s?stunden?{td_sep_de})?"
+                           rf"(?:(?P<minutes>{number})\s?minuten?{td_sep_de})?"
+                           rf"(?:(?P<seconds>{number})\s?sekunden?)?"),
     date=ShortYearMatcher(
         r"(?P<day>\d{1,2})\.(?P<month>\d{1,2})\.(?P<year>\d{2}(?:\d{2})?)(?:\s|$)"),
     weekday=WeekdayMatcher(pattern=r"(?:heute"