diff --git a/libsecondlife-cs/Helpers.cs b/libsecondlife-cs/Helpers.cs
index 1e894659..4d4308f0 100644
--- a/libsecondlife-cs/Helpers.cs
+++ b/libsecondlife-cs/Helpers.cs
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ namespace libsecondlife
         /// <returns>A terse string representation of the input number</returns>
         public static string FloatToTerseString(float val)
         {
-            string s = string.Format("{0:.00f}", val);
+            string s = string.Format("{0:.00}", val);
 
             // Trim trailing zeroes
             while (s[s.Length - 1] == '0')
diff --git a/libsecondlife-cs/libsecondlife.Tests/TypeTests.cs b/libsecondlife-cs/libsecondlife.Tests/TypeTests.cs
index 78606622..7660f1a3 100644
--- a/libsecondlife-cs/libsecondlife.Tests/TypeTests.cs
+++ b/libsecondlife-cs/libsecondlife.Tests/TypeTests.cs
@@ -62,10 +62,40 @@ namespace libsecondlife.Tests
             Assert.IsTrue(result == expected, a.ToString() + " * " + b.ToString() + " produced " + result.ToString() +
                 " instead of " + expected.ToString());
         }
+
         [Test]
         public void VectorQuaternionMath()
         {
             ;
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void FloatsToTerseStrings()
+        {
+            float f = 1.20f;
+            string a = String.Empty;
+            string b = "1.2";
+            
+            a = Helpers.FloatToTerseString(f);
+            Assert.IsTrue(a == b, f.ToString() + " converted to " + a + ", expecting " + b);
+
+            f = 24.00f;
+            b = "24";
+
+            a = Helpers.FloatToTerseString(f);
+            Assert.IsTrue(a == b, f.ToString() + " converted to " + a + ", expecting " + b);
+
+            f = -0.59f;
+            b = "-.59";
+
+            a = Helpers.FloatToTerseString(f);
+            Assert.IsTrue(a == b, f.ToString() + " converted to " + a + ", expecting " + b);
+
+            f = 0.59f;
+            b = ".59";
+
+            a = Helpers.FloatToTerseString(f);
+            Assert.IsTrue(a == b, f.ToString() + " converted to " + a + ", expecting " + b);
+        }
     }
 }