diff --git a/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/tests/decode-flow.mjs b/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/tests/decode-flow.mjs
index 99beeccb..7f98859a 100644
--- a/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/tests/decode-flow.mjs
+++ b/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/tests/decode-flow.mjs
@@ -270,10 +270,13 @@ try {
   // on the tab (module loaded at startup, before the history) to show the lot.
   await replay.page.evaluate(() => window.navigateToTab("statistics"));
   await replay.page.waitForTimeout(1500);
-  const counted = await replay.page.evaluate(() => ({
-    decodes: Number(document.getElementById("stats-total-decodes")?.textContent ?? "0"),
-    grids: Number(document.getElementById("stats-unique-grids")?.textContent ?? "0"),
-  }));
+  // The counters are written with toLocaleString(), so a four-figure count
+  // arrives as "1,220" — whichever separator the runner's locale picks. Read
+  // the digits rather than the formatting.
+  const counted = await replay.page.evaluate(() => {
+    const count = (id) => Number((document.getElementById(id)?.textContent ?? "").replace(/\D/g, ""));
+    return { decodes: count("stats-total-decodes"), grids: count("stats-unique-grids") };
+  });
   assert.equal(counted.decodes, HISTORY_AIS + HISTORY_APRS + HISTORY_FT8 + HISTORY_WSPR,
     `the statistics counted ${counted.decodes} decodes`);
   // Grid squares come from the FT8 and WSPR spots, which had no map replay of