1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/timestamp.c b/src/timestamp.c
index 1df252a..f3f7861 100644
--- a/src/timestamp.c
+++ b/src/timestamp.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include "timestamp.h"
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ int  str2event(const char* str, cmd_t *id)
                         *id = event_table[i].id;
                         return 1;
                 }
-        return 0;
+        /* try to parse it as a number */
+        return sscanf(str, "%u", id);
 }
 
 const char* event2str(cmd_t id)