diff --git a/src/js/ripple/amount.js b/src/js/ripple/amount.js
index 2a3f56e7..40eb0e16 100644
--- a/src/js/ripple/amount.js
+++ b/src/js/ripple/amount.js
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ Amount.prototype.to_human = function(opts) {
   }
 
   var isNegative = ref._value.isNegative();
-  var valueString = ref._value.abs().toString();
+  var valueString = ref._value.abs().toFixed();
   var parts = valueString.split('.');
   var int_part = parts[0];
   var fraction_part = parts.length === 2 ? parts[1] : '';
diff --git a/test/amount-test.js b/test/amount-test.js
index 9fd277df..ad5085b3 100644
--- a/test/amount-test.js
+++ b/test/amount-test.js
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@ describe('Amount', function() {
     it('to human rounding edge case, precision 3, 2', function() {
       assert.strictEqual(Amount.from_human("0.999 XAU").to_human({precision:2}), '1.00');
     });
+    it('to human very small number', function() {
+      assert.strictEqual(Amount.from_json('12e-20/USD').to_human(), '0.00000000000000000012');
+    });
+    it('to human very small number with precision', function() {
+      assert.strictEqual(Amount.from_json('12e-20/USD').to_human({precision: 20}), '0.00000000000000000012');
+    });
   });
   describe('from_human', function() {
     it('empty string', function() {