diff --git a/src/arcade/core/util/MiniBox.java b/src/arcade/core/util/MiniBox.java
index aef993d7..43bcd5ee 100644
--- a/src/arcade/core/util/MiniBox.java
+++ b/src/arcade/core/util/MiniBox.java
@@ -67,6 +67,18 @@ public int getInt(String id) {
      */
     public double getDouble(String id) {
         String s = contents.get(id);
+        
+        if (s != null && s.contains("/")) {
+            String[] split = s.split("/", 2);
+            double numerator = (!split[0].matches(NUMBER_REGEX)
+                    ? Double.NaN
+                    : Double.parseDouble(split[0]));
+            double denominator = (!split[1].matches(NUMBER_REGEX)
+                    ? Double.NaN
+                    : Double.parseDouble(split[1]));
+            return (denominator == 0 ? Double.NaN : numerator / denominator);
+        }
+        
         return (s == null || !s.matches(NUMBER_REGEX) ? Double.NaN : Double.parseDouble(s));
     }
     
diff --git a/test/arcade/core/util/MiniBoxTest.java b/test/arcade/core/util/MiniBoxTest.java
index 49c1a6a7..a0c3ea50 100644
--- a/test/arcade/core/util/MiniBoxTest.java
+++ b/test/arcade/core/util/MiniBoxTest.java
@@ -114,6 +114,38 @@ public void getDouble_givenValidKeyGivenDouble_returnsValue() {
         }
     }
     
+    @Test
+    public void getDouble_givenValidKeyGivenValidFraction_returnsValue() {
+        String key = randomString();
+        String[] doubles = new String[] { "1/2", "3/4", "5E-1/10" };
+        double[] values = new double[] { 0.5, 0.75, 0.05 };
+        for (int i = 0; i < doubles.length; i++) {
+            MiniBox box = new MiniBox();
+            box.put(key, doubles[i]);
+            assertEquals(values[i], box.getDouble(key), EPSILON);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void getDouble_givenValidKeyGivenInvalidFraction_returnsNaN() {
+        String key = randomString();
+        String[] doubles = new String[] { "1/2/3", "/1", "1/" };
+        for (int i = 0; i < doubles.length; i++) {
+            MiniBox box = new MiniBox();
+            box.put(key, doubles[i]);
+            assertTrue(Double.isNaN(box.getDouble(key)));
+        }
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void getDouble_givenValidKeyGivenZeroFraction_returnsNaN() {
+        MiniBox box = new MiniBox();
+        String key = randomString();
+        String contents = "1/0";
+        box.put(key, contents);
+        assertTrue(Double.isNaN(box.getDouble(key)));
+    }
+    
     @Test
     public void getDouble_givenInvalidContentsGivenString_returnsNaN() {
         MiniBox box = new MiniBox();