diff --git a/source/src/command.cpp b/source/src/command.cpp
index 62eb5f30..97a6b605 100644
--- a/source/src/command.cpp
+++ b/source/src/command.cpp
@@ -274,15 +274,37 @@ void intret(int v)
     commandret = newstring(t);
 }
 
+VARP(usedotfracs, 0, 0, 1);
+
 const char *floatstr(float v)
 {
+    static string l;
+    ftoa(l, 0.5);
     static int n = 0;
     static string t[3];
     n = (n + 1)%3;
     ftoa(t[n], v);
+    if(usedotfracs)
+    {
+        // evil make floating-point-char be "." function
+        // TODO - cleanup
+        string o;
+        copystring(o, newstring(t[n]));
+        string r,b;
+        r[0] = '\0';
+        int c;
+        for(c=strlen(o)-1; c>=0; c--)
+        {
+            if( t[n][c] == l[1] ) formatstring(b)("%c%s", '.', r);
+            else  formatstring(b)("%c%s", o[c], &r);
+            copystring(r,b);
+        }
+        copystring(t[n], r);
+    }
     return t[n];
 }
 
+
 void floatret(float v)
 {
     commandret = newstring(floatstr(v));