diff --git a/f.go b/f.go
index c4f2b61..06c844c 100644
--- a/f.go
+++ b/f.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"math"
 	"os"
 	"sort"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ const HELP_MSG = "  Operation | Variable assignment | Special\n" +
 	"    exit\n"
 const NORMAL90CONFIDENCE = 1.6448536269514727
 const INIT_DIST Scalar = Scalar(1)
-const N_SAMPLES = 100_000
+const N_SAMPLES = 1_000_000
 
 /* Printers */
 func prettyPrintDist(dist Dist) {
@@ -305,7 +304,7 @@ func parseWordsIntoOpAndDist(words []string, vars map[string]Dist) (string, Dist
 		return parseWordsErr("Operator must have operand; can't operate on nothing")
 	case 1:
 		var_word, var_word_exists := vars[words[0]]
-		single_float, err1 := strconv.ParseFloat(words[0], 64) // abstract this away to search for K/M/B/T/etc.
+		single_float, err1 := pretty.ParseFloat(words[0]) // abstract this away to search for K/M/B/T/etc.
 		switch {
 		case var_word_exists:
 			dist = var_word
@@ -315,16 +314,16 @@ func parseWordsIntoOpAndDist(words []string, vars map[string]Dist) (string, Dist
 			return parseWordsErr("Trying to operate on a scalar, but scalar is neither a float nor an assigned variable")
 		}
 	case 2:
-		new_low, err1 := strconv.ParseFloat(words[0], 64)
-		new_high, err2 := strconv.ParseFloat(words[1], 64)
+		new_low, err1 := pretty.ParseFloat(words[0])
+		new_high, err2 := pretty.ParseFloat(words[1])
 		if err1 != nil || err2 != nil {
 			return parseWordsErr("Trying to operate by a distribution, but distribution is not specified as two floats")
 		}
 		dist = Lognormal{low: new_low, high: new_high}
 	case 3:
 		if words[0] == "beta" || words[0] == "b" {
-			a, err1 := strconv.ParseFloat(words[1], 64)
-			b, err2 := strconv.ParseFloat(words[2], 64)
+			a, err1 := pretty.ParseFloat(words[1])
+			b, err2 := pretty.ParseFloat(words[2])
 			if err1 != nil || err2 != nil {
 				return parseWordsErr("Trying to specify a beta distribution? Try beta 1 2")
 			}
diff --git a/pretty/pretty.go b/pretty/pretty.go
index cf94ba8..1d823a5 100644
--- a/pretty/pretty.go
+++ b/pretty/pretty.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func multiplyOrPassThroughError(a float64, b float64, err error) (float64, error
 	}
 }
 
-func parseFloat(word string) (float64, error) {
+func ParseFloat(word string) (float64, error) {
 	// l = len(word) // assuming no UTF stuff
 
 	switch len(word) {