diff --git a/app/Import/Converter/Amount.php b/app/Import/Converter/Amount.php
index 21b3769c0c..79a0c218e5 100644
--- a/app/Import/Converter/Amount.php
+++ b/app/Import/Converter/Amount.php
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ class Amount implements ConverterInterface
      */
     private function stripAmount(string $value): string
     {
+        if (0 === strpos($value, '--')) {
+            $value = substr($value, 2);
+        }
+
+
         $str = preg_replace('/[^\-\(\)\.\,0-9 ]/', '', $value);
         $len = \strlen($str);
         if ('(' === $str[0] && ')' === $str[$len - 1]) {
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Import/Converter/AmountTest.php b/tests/Unit/Import/Converter/AmountTest.php
index 40ca358b7a..8211f2539a 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Import/Converter/AmountTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Import/Converter/AmountTest.php
@@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ class AmountTest extends TestCase
             '(33.52)'                 => '-33.52',
             '€(63.12)'                => '-63.12',
             '($182.77)'               => '-182.77',
+
+            // double minus because why the hell not
+            '--0.03881677'            => '0.03881677',
+            '--0.33'                  => '0.33',
+            '--$1.23'                 => '1.23',
+            '--63 5212.4440'          => '635212.444',
+            '--,2'                    => '0.2',
         ];
         foreach ($values as $value => $expected) {
             $converter = new Amount;