diff --git a/mpfmc/tests/test_Text.py b/mpfmc/tests/test_Text.py
index 5ad8c807..1487b0cc 100644
--- a/mpfmc/tests/test_Text.py
+++ b/mpfmc/tests/test_Text.py
@@ -349,6 +349,42 @@ def test_number_grouping(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.get_widget().text, '2,000,000')
         self.advance_time()
 
+    def test_number_grouping_with_text(self):
+        self.mc.events.post('number_grouping')
+        self.advance_time()
+
+        # should be 00 even though text is 0
+        self.assertEqual(self.get_widget().text, '00')
+        self.advance_time()
+
+        self.get_widget().update_text('2000000 abc')
+        self.assertEqual(self.get_widget().text, '2,000,000 abc')
+        self.advance_time()
+
+    def test_negative_number_grouping(self):
+        self.mc.events.post('number_grouping')
+        self.advance_time()
+
+        # should be 00 even though text is 0
+        self.assertEqual(self.get_widget().text, '00')
+        self.advance_time()
+
+        self.get_widget().update_text('-123456')
+        self.assertEqual(self.get_widget().text, '-123,456')
+        self.advance_time()
+
+    def test_multiple_number_grouping(self):
+        self.mc.events.post('number_grouping')
+        self.advance_time()
+
+        # should be 00 even though text is 0
+        self.assertEqual(self.get_widget().text, '00')
+        self.advance_time()
+
+        self.get_widget().update_text('2000000 -9 -1234')
+        self.assertEqual(self.get_widget().text, '2,000,000 -9 -1,234')
+        self.advance_time()
+
     def test_text_casing(self):
         self.mc.events.post('text_nocase')
         self.advance_time()
diff --git a/mpfmc/widgets/text.py b/mpfmc/widgets/text.py
index 9dcb9cc7..d2757153 100644
--- a/mpfmc/widgets/text.py
+++ b/mpfmc/widgets/text.py
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ def update_text(self, text: str) -> None:
             if self.config['number_grouping']:
 
                 # find the numbers in the string
-                number_list = [s for s in text.split() if s.isdigit()]
+                number_list = Text.find_numbers(text)
 
                 # group the numbers and replace them in the string
                 for item in number_list:
@@ -306,6 +306,23 @@ def prepare_for_removal(self) -> None:
         self.mc.events.remove_handler(self._player_var_change)
         self.mc.events.remove_handler(self._machine_var_change)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def find_numbers(text: str):
+        """Sorts through the text string passed in to find all actual digits.
+        This includes both positive and negative numbers, which requires finding
+        ints and not just digits
+
+        Args:
+            text: The incoming string of text
+        """
+        number_list = [s for s in text.split()]
+        for item in number_list:
+            try:
+                number_list[number_list.index(item)] = str(int(number_list[number_list.index(item)].lstrip("-")))
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
+        return number_list
+
     @staticmethod
     def group_digits(text: str, separator: str = ',', group_size: int = 3) -> str:
         """Enable digit grouping (i.e. adds comma separators between thousands digits).