diff --git a/src/cat/TPTScriptInterface.cpp b/src/cat/TPTScriptInterface.cpp
index 84f55efb0..a6a386f6d 100644
--- a/src/cat/TPTScriptInterface.cpp
+++ b/src/cat/TPTScriptInterface.cpp
@@ -85,10 +85,22 @@ ValueType TPTScriptInterface::testType(std::string word)
 				{
 					if(rawWord[i] == ',' && rawWord[i+1] >= '0' && rawWord[i+1] <= '9')
 						goto parsePoint;
+					else if((rawWord[i] == '#' || rawWord[i] == 'x') &&
+						((rawWord[i+1] >= '0' && rawWord[i+1] <= '9')
+						|| (rawWord[i+1] >= 'a' && rawWord[i+1] <= 'f')
+						|| (rawWord[i+1] >= 'A' && rawWord[i+1] <= 'F')))
+						goto parseNumberHex;
 					else
 						goto parseString;
 				}
 			}
+	parseNumberHex:
+			i++;
+			for(; i < word.length(); i++)
+				if(!((rawWord[i] >= '0' && rawWord[i] <= '9') || (rawWord[i] >= 'a' && rawWord[i] <= 'f') || (rawWord[i] >= 'A' && rawWord[i] <= 'F')))
+				{
+					goto parseString;
+				}
 			return TypeNumber;
 	parsePoint:
 			i++;
@@ -102,6 +114,50 @@ ValueType TPTScriptInterface::testType(std::string word)
 			return TypeString;
 }
 
+int TPTScriptInterface::parseNumber(char * stringData)
+{
+	char cc;
+	int base = 10;
+	int currentNumber = 0;
+	if(stringData[0] == '#')
+	{
+		stringData++;
+		base = 16;
+	}
+	else if(stringData[0] == '0' && stringData[1] == 'x')
+	{
+		stringData+=2;
+		base = 16;
+	}
+	if(base == 16)
+	{
+		while(cc = *(stringData++))
+		{
+			currentNumber *= base;
+			if(cc >= '0' && cc <= '9')
+				currentNumber += cc - '0';
+			else if(cc >= 'a' && cc <= 'f')
+				currentNumber += (cc - 'A') + 10;
+			else if(cc >= 'A' && cc <= 'F')
+				currentNumber += (cc - 'A') + 10;
+			else
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		while(cc = *(stringData++))
+		{
+			currentNumber *= base;
+			if(cc >= '0' && cc <= '9')
+				currentNumber += cc - '0';
+			else
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+	return currentNumber;
+}
+
 AnyType TPTScriptInterface::eval(std::deque<std::string> * words)
 {
 	if(words->size() < 1)
@@ -128,7 +184,7 @@ AnyType TPTScriptInterface::eval(std::deque<std::string> * words)
 			return tptS_quit(words);
 		break;
 	case TypeNumber:
-		return NumberType(atoi(rawWord));
+		return NumberType(parseNumber(rawWord));
 	case TypePoint:
 	{
 		int pointX, pointY;
diff --git a/src/cat/TPTScriptInterface.h b/src/cat/TPTScriptInterface.h
index 3cb0b5fe6..dea284e73 100644
--- a/src/cat/TPTScriptInterface.h
+++ b/src/cat/TPTScriptInterface.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 class TPTScriptInterface: public CommandInterface {
 protected:
 	AnyType eval(std::deque<std::string> * words);
+	int parseNumber(char * stringData);
 	AnyType tptS_set(std::deque<std::string> * words);
 	AnyType tptS_create(std::deque<std::string> * words);
 	AnyType tptS_delete(std::deque<std::string> * words);