diff --git a/evennia/utils/tests/test_utils.py b/evennia/utils/tests/test_utils.py
index a93ff91f12..b8d23d4829 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ class TestIntConversions(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(20, utils.str2int("twenty"))
         
         # multi-place numbers
-        self.assertEqual(2345, utils.str2int("two thousand, three hundred and thirty-five"))
+        self.assertEqual(2345, utils.str2int("two thousand, three hundred and forty-five"))
         
         # ordinal numbers
         self.assertEqual(1, utils.str2int("1st"))
diff --git a/evennia/utils/utils.py b/evennia/utils/utils.py
index 1830ca9946..6c4b1a6df6 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/utils.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/utils.py
@@ -2810,6 +2810,9 @@ def str2int(number):
     if i := _STR2INT_MAP.get(number):
         # it's a single number, return it
         return i
+
+    # remove optional "and"s
+    number = number.replace(" and "," ")
     
     # split number words by spaces, hyphens and commas, to accommodate multiple styles
     numbers = [ word.lower() for word in re.split(r'[-\s\,]',number) if word ]