diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b80c258..c23a0e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+ - Workaround for logged XML format exceptions when failing to parse floats
+
 ## [8.9.2] - 2020-07-28
 ### Changed
  - StringExtensions - fixed an issue with IsNumeric where empty strings would return true
diff --git a/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/IcdXmlReader.cs b/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/IcdXmlReader.cs
index 18e2af1..86d25ec 100644
--- a/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/IcdXmlReader.cs
+++ b/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/IcdXmlReader.cs
@@ -177,26 +177,16 @@ namespace ICD.Common.Utils.Xml
 
 		public long ReadElementContentAsLong()
 		{
-			try
-			{
-				return m_Reader.ReadElementContentAsLong();
-			}
-			catch (XmlException e)
-			{
-				throw new IcdXmlException(e);
-			}
+			// ReadElementContentAsLong() logs and throws...
+			string value = ReadElementContentAsString();
+			return long.Parse(value);
 		}
 
 		public float ReadElementContentAsFloat()
 		{
-			try
-			{
-				return m_Reader.ReadElementContentAsFloat();
-			}
-			catch (XmlException e)
-			{
-				throw new IcdXmlException(e);
-			}
+			// ReadElementContentAsFloat() logs and throws...
+			string value = ReadElementContentAsString();
+			return float.Parse(value);
 		}
 
 		public bool ReadElementContentAsBoolean()