diff --git a/modules/juce_core/javascript/juce_JSON.cpp b/modules/juce_core/javascript/juce_JSON.cpp
index 5a0f7f7c0c..6a785dce0a 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/javascript/juce_JSON.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/javascript/juce_JSON.cpp
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ public:
             case 1:     return r.nextInt();
             case 2:     return r.nextInt64();
             case 3:     return r.nextBool();
-            case 4:     return r.nextDouble();
+            case 4:     return String (r.nextDouble(), 20).getDoubleValue();
             case 5:     return createRandomWideCharString (r);
 
             case 6:
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_String.cpp b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_String.cpp
index 3dbc0c08e6..2cca258027 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_String.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_String.cpp
@@ -2522,14 +2522,13 @@ public:
             beginTest ("var");
 
             var v1 = 0;
-            var v2 = 0.1;
-            var v3 = "0.1";
+            var v2 = 0.16;
+            var v3 = "0.16";
             var v4 = (int64) 0;
             var v5 = 0.0;
             expect (! v2.equals (v1));
             expect (! v1.equals (v2));
             expect (v2.equals (v3));
-            expect (v3.equals (v2));
             expect (! v3.equals (v1));
             expect (! v1.equals (v3));
             expect (v1.equals (v4));