diff --git a/ui/component/commentCreate/view.jsx b/ui/component/commentCreate/view.jsx
index aed451254..fbed0757b 100644
--- a/ui/component/commentCreate/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/commentCreate/view.jsx
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ export function CommentCreate(props: Props) {
       Lbryio.call(
         'customer',
         'tip',
-        {
-          amount: 100 * roundedAmount, // convert from dollars to cents
+        { // round to deal with floating point precision
+          amount: Math.round(100 * roundedAmount), // convert from dollars to cents
           creator_channel_name: tipChannelName, // creator_channel_name
           creator_channel_claim_id: channelClaimId,
           tipper_channel_name: activeChannelName,
diff --git a/ui/component/walletSendTip/view.jsx b/ui/component/walletSendTip/view.jsx
index c5ce96f1a..76f75851d 100644
--- a/ui/component/walletSendTip/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/walletSendTip/view.jsx
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ function WalletSendTip(props: Props) {
           Lbryio.call(
             'customer',
             'tip',
-            {
-              amount: 100 * tipAmount, // convert from dollars to cents
+            { // round to fix issues with floating point numbers
+              amount: Math.round(100 * tipAmount), // convert from dollars to cents
               creator_channel_name: tipChannelName, // creator_channel_name
               creator_channel_claim_id: channelClaimId,
               tipper_channel_name: sendAnonymously ? '' : activeChannelName,