diff --git a/knowit/units.py b/knowit/units.py
index c8421ca..684658b 100644
--- a/knowit/units.py
+++ b/knowit/units.py
@@ -14,6 +14,17 @@ def __getattr__(self, item: typing.Any) -> int:
         """Return a Scalar 1 to simulate a unit."""
         return 1
 
+    def __call__(self, value: str) -> float:
+        """Try converting to int, to float and fallback to a scalar 1.0."""
+        try:
+            return int(value)
+        except ValueError:
+            try:
+                return float(value)
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
+        return 1
+
     def __bool__(self):
         """Return False since a NullRegistry is not a pint.UnitRegistry."""
         return False
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index 20e0490..5c91d3b 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ def parse_quantity(value):
         if isinstance(value, str):
             for unit in ('pixel', 'bit', 'byte', 'FPS', 'bps', 'Hz'):
                 if value.endswith(' ' + unit):
-                    return units(value[:-(len(unit))] + ' * ' + unit)
+                    return units(value[:-len(unit)]) * units(unit)
 
         return value