diff --git a/acqui/neworderempty.pl b/acqui/neworderempty.pl
index 932284ea2c..53c5a4a5c2 100755
--- a/acqui/neworderempty.pl
+++ b/acqui/neworderempty.pl
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ $template->param(
 
 # get option values for gist syspref
 my @gst_values = map {
-    option => $_
+    option => $_ + 0.0
 }, split( '\|', C4::Context->preference("gist") );
 
 $template->param(