diff --git a/src/Widgets/QueryParamsDialog.vala b/src/Widgets/QueryParamsDialog.vala
index 4f918f05..47138fe8 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/QueryParamsDialog.vala
+++ b/src/Widgets/QueryParamsDialog.vala
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public class Sequeler.Widgets.QueryParamsDialog : Gtk.Dialog {
             } else if (holder_g_type == Type.FLOAT) {
                 // TODO: replace this with the following once we upgrade to a newer valac
                 //  parse_result = float.try_parse (text, out parsed_value);
-                parsed_value = float.parse (text);
+                parsed_value = double.parse (text);
             } else if (holder_g_type == Type.DOUBLE) {
                 // TODO: replace this with the following once we upgrade to a newer valac
                 //  parse_result = double.try_parse (text, out parsed_value);