diff --git a/media/omdb/media.go b/media/omdb/media.go
index 04355b9..a8f86ef 100644
--- a/media/omdb/media.go
+++ b/media/omdb/media.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func (c *Client) GetItem(imdbId string) (*Item, error) {
 		Metascore:      util.Atoi(b.Metascore, 0),
 		RottenTomatoes: rt,
 		ImdbRating:     util.Atof64(b.ImdbRating, 0.0),
-		ImdbVotes:      util.Atoi(b.ImdbVotes, 0),
+		ImdbVotes:      util.Atoi(util.StripNonNumeric(b.ImdbVotes), 0),
 		Language:       b.Language,
 		Country:        b.Country,
 	}, nil
diff --git a/util/string.go b/util/string.go
index 658d165..336ccb4 100644
--- a/util/string.go
+++ b/util/string.go
@@ -4,17 +4,28 @@ import "regexp"
 
 var (
 	reStripNonAlphaNumeric *regexp.Regexp
+	reStripNonNumeric      *regexp.Regexp
 )
 
 func init() {
-	reg, err := regexp.Compile("[^a-zA-Z0-9]+")
+	reg1, err := regexp.Compile("[^a-zA-Z0-9]+")
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	reStripNonAlphaNumeric = reg
+	reStripNonAlphaNumeric = reg1
+
+	reg2, err := regexp.Compile("[^0-9]+")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	reStripNonNumeric = reg2
 }
 
 func StripNonAlphaNumeric(value string) string {
 	// credits: https://golangcode.com/how-to-remove-all-non-alphanumerical-characters-from-a-string/
 	return reStripNonAlphaNumeric.ReplaceAllString(value, "")
 }
+
+func StripNonNumeric(value string) string {
+	return reStripNonNumeric.ReplaceAllString(value, "")
+}
diff --git a/util/string_test.go b/util/string_test.go
index 658d0ad..c673528 100644
--- a/util/string_test.go
+++ b/util/string_test.go
@@ -27,3 +27,36 @@ func TestStripNonAlphaNumeric(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestStripNonNumeric(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		value string
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		args args
+		want string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "remove non numeric",
+			args: args{
+				value: "10, 560",
+			},
+			want: "10560",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "remove nothing",
+			args: args{
+				value: "100",
+			},
+			want: "100",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := StripNonNumeric(tt.args.value); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("StripNonNumeric() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}