diff --git a/Core/GameEngine/Source/Common/INI/INI.cpp b/Core/GameEngine/Source/Common/INI/INI.cpp
index a59d2b0b6fc..dfcfdb6e8c7 100644
--- a/Core/GameEngine/Source/Common/INI/INI.cpp
+++ b/Core/GameEngine/Source/Common/INI/INI.cpp
@@ -1618,8 +1618,16 @@ void INI::initFromINIMulti( void *what, const MultiIniFieldParse& parseTableList
 template <typename Type>
 Type scanType(std::string_view token)
 {
-	// TheSuperHackers @info std::from_chars cannot parse "-1" as uint32 so the result needs to be int64 for integers.
-	std::conditional_t<std::is_integral_v<Type>, Int64, Real> result{};
+	DEBUG_ASSERTCRASH(!token.empty(), ("token is not expected to be empty"));
+
+	// Unlike sscanf, std::from_chars cannot parse "+"
+	if (token[0] == '+')
+	{
+		token.remove_prefix(1);
+	}
+
+	// Unlike sscanf, std::from_chars cannot parse "-" as unsigned integer
+	std::conditional_t<std::is_integral_v<Type>, Int64, Type> result{};
 	const auto [ptr, ec] = std::from_chars(token.data(), token.data() + token.size(), result);
 
 	if (ec != std::errc{})