diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 26229fb..a247427 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ## [UNRELEASED] - YYYY-MM-DD
+### Fixed
+- Fix conversion to `int` for `sample_count` in XDF footer ([#173](https://github.com/xdf-modules/pyxdf/pull/173) by [Clemens Brunner](https://github.com/cbrnr))
 
 ## [1.17.5] - 2026-06-15
 ### Changed
diff --git a/src/pyxdf/pyxdf.py b/src/pyxdf/pyxdf.py
index 4da53ec..abbba6a 100644
--- a/src/pyxdf/pyxdf.py
+++ b/src/pyxdf/pyxdf.py
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ def _truncate_corrupted_offsets(temp, streams):
         sample_count_str = footer.get("sample_count", [None])[0]
         if sample_count_str is None:
             continue
-        footer_count = int(sample_count_str)
+        footer_count = int(float(sample_count_str))  # can be with .0 suffix
 
         if len(stream.time_stamps) <= footer_count:
             continue  # No extra samples → no evidence of pylsl#67, liblsl#246