diff --git a/src/decimal.jl b/src/decimal.jl
index f83c43b..65f5f4b 100644
--- a/src/decimal.jl
+++ b/src/decimal.jl
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function scinote(str::AbstractString)
     if s == "-"
         n[1] = n[1][2:end]
     end
-    if parse(Int64, expo) > 0
+    if parse(Int64, expo) >= 0
         shift = parse(Int64, expo) - ((length(n) == 2) ? length(n[2]) : 0)
         s * join(n) * repeat("0", shift)
     else
diff --git a/test/test_decimal.jl b/test/test_decimal.jl
index 6e33e4b..cb2652e 100644
--- a/test/test_decimal.jl
+++ b/test/test_decimal.jl
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ using Test
         @test parse(Decimal, "1.23000") == Decimal(1.23000) == Decimal(0, 123, -2)
         @test parse(Decimal, "4734.612") == Decimal(4734.612) == Decimal(0, 4734612, -3)
         @test parse(Decimal, "541724.2") == Decimal(541724.2) == Decimal(0,5417242,-1)
+        @test parse(Decimal, "1e0") == Decimal(0, 1, 0)
         @test parse(Decimal, "2.5e6") == Decimal(2.5e6) == Decimal(0, 25, 5)
         @test parse(Decimal, "2.385350e8") == Decimal(2.385350e8) == Decimal(0, 238535, 3)
         @test parse(Decimal, "12.3e-4") == Decimal(12.3e-4) == Decimal(0, 123, -5)