diff --git a/src/config.cc b/src/config.cc
index bbd2370..99aea57 100644
--- a/src/config.cc
+++ b/src/config.cc
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ bool configSetString(Config* config, const char* sectionKey, const char* key, co
     return true;
 }
 
-// 0x42C05C customized: atoi() replaced with strtol()
+// 0x42C05C
 bool configGetInt(Config* config, const char* sectionKey, const char* key, int* valuePtr, unsigned char base /* = 0 */ )
 {
     if (valuePtr == NULL) {
@@ -203,8 +203,17 @@ bool configGetInt(Config* config, const char* sectionKey, const char* key, int*
     char* end;
     errno = 0;
     long l = strtol(stringValue, &end, base); // see https://stackoverflow.com/a/6154614
-    if (((errno == ERANGE && 1 == LONG_MAX) || l > INT_MAX) || ((errno == ERANGE && l == LONG_MIN) || l < INT_MIN) || (*stringValue == '\0' || *end != '\0'))
-        return false;
+
+    // The link above says right things about converting strings to numbers,
+    // however we need to maintain compatibility with atoi implementation and
+    // original game data. One example of the problem is worldmap.txt where
+    // frequency values expressed as percentages (Frequent=38%). If we handle
+    // the result like the link above suggests (and what previous implementation
+    // provided), we'll simply end up returning `false`, since there will be
+    // unconverted characters left. On the other hand, this function is also
+    // used to parse Sfall config values, which uses hexadecimal notation to
+    // represent colors. We're not going to need any of these in the long run so
+    // for now simply ignore any error that could arise during conversion.
 
     *valuePtr = l;