diff --git a/acqui/neworderempty.pl b/acqui/neworderempty.pl
index 33b061d3a0..9dd984a47e 100755
--- a/acqui/neworderempty.pl
+++ b/acqui/neworderempty.pl
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ $template->param(
 
 # get option values for gist syspref
 my @gst_values = map {
-    option => $_
+    option => $_ + 0.0
 }, split( '\|', C4::Context->preference("gist") );
 
 $template->param(