diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSGraphWidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSGraphWidget.cpp
index 980b6b436..9d2fe6212 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSGraphWidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSGraphWidget.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ QString RSGraphSource::displayName(int i) const
 
 QString RSGraphSource::displayValue(float v) const
 {
-    return QString::number(v,'g',2) + " " + unitName() ;
+    return QString::number(v,'f',2) + " " + unitName() ;
 }
 
 void RSGraphSource::getCurrentValues(std::vector<float>& vals) const
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/statistics/turtlegraph.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/statistics/turtlegraph.h
index 7d3155f9e..474b0d8df 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/statistics/turtlegraph.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/statistics/turtlegraph.h
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ class TurtleGraphSource: public RSGraphSource
     virtual QString displayValue(float v) const
     {
         if(v < 1000)
-            return QString::number(v,'g',2) + " B/s" ;
+            return QString::number(v,'f',2) + " B/s" ;
         else if(v < 1000*1024)
-            return QString::number(v/1024.0,'g',2) + " KB/s" ;
+            return QString::number(v/1024.0,'f',2) + " KB/s" ;
         else
-            return QString::number(v/(1024.0*1024),'g',2) + " MB/s" ;
+            return QString::number(v/(1024.0*1024),'f',2) + " MB/s" ;
     }
 };