diff --git a/fermi.go b/fermi.go
index 8a4e4fc..64f98ab 100644
--- a/fermi.go
+++ b/fermi.go
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ func prettyPrintStats(dist Dist) {
 	})
 	print_ci := func(ci float64, prefix string) {
 		x := sorted_xs[int(math.Round(float64(n)*ci))]
+		fmt.Printf("%s", prefix)
+		// pretty.PrettyPrintFloat(x)
 		fmt.Printf("%s%f\n", prefix, x)
 	}
 	print_ci(0.01, "ci 1%:  ")
diff --git a/pretty/pretty.go b/pretty/pretty.go
index 3e6eb79..d092ad7 100644
--- a/pretty/pretty.go
+++ b/pretty/pretty.go
@@ -52,14 +52,6 @@ func PrettyPrint2Floats(low float64, high float64) {
 	PrettyPrintFloat(high)
 }
 
-func multiplyOrPassThroughError(a float64, b float64, err error) (float64, error) {
-	if err != nil {
-		return b, err
-	} else {
-		return a * b, nil
-	}
-}
-
 func ParseFloat(word string) (float64, error) {
 	// l = len(word) // assuming no UTF stuff
 	switch len(word) {
@@ -71,19 +63,23 @@ func ParseFloat(word string) (float64, error) {
 
 	n := len(word) - 1
 	f, err := strconv.ParseFloat(word[:n], 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	multiplier := 1.0
 	switch word[n] {
 	case '%':
-		return multiplyOrPassThroughError(0.01, f, err)
+		multiplier = 0.01
 	case 'K':
-		return multiplyOrPassThroughError(1_000, f, err)
+		multiplier = 1_000
 	case 'M':
-		return multiplyOrPassThroughError(1_000_000, f, err)
+		multiplier = 1_000_000
 	case 'B':
-		return multiplyOrPassThroughError(1_000_000_000, f, err)
+		multiplier = 1_000_000
 	case 'T':
-		return multiplyOrPassThroughError(1_000_000_000_000, f, err)
+		multiplier = 1_000_000
 	default:
-		return strconv.ParseFloat(word, 64)
+		multiplier = 1.0
 	}
-
+	return f * multiplier, nil
 }