diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openelisglobal/result/service/ResultServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/openelisglobal/result/service/ResultServiceImpl.java
index 168e57d63d..75aa503f55 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openelisglobal/result/service/ResultServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openelisglobal/result/service/ResultServiceImpl.java
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ public String getResultValue(Result result, String separator, boolean printable,
             if (!result.getValue().contains(".")) {
                 value.append(".");
             } else {
-                startFill = result.getValue().length() - result.getValue().lastIndexOf(".") - 1;
+                startFill = result.getValue(true).length() - result.getValue(true).lastIndexOf(".") - 1;
             }
 
             for (int i = startFill; i < significantPlaces; i++) {
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ public String getResultValueForDisplay(Result result, String separator, boolean
             if (!result.getValue().contains(".")) {
                 value.append(".");
             } else {
-                startFill = result.getValue().length() - result.getValue().lastIndexOf(".") - 1;
+                startFill = result.getValue(true).length() - result.getValue(true).lastIndexOf(".") - 1;
             }
 
             for (int i = startFill; i < significantPlaces; i++) {