diff --git a/src/datatype.rs b/src/datatype.rs
index c64b2a0..f96c995 100644
--- a/src/datatype.rs
+++ b/src/datatype.rs
@@ -126,13 +126,14 @@ pub fn format_strings(
     vec_col: &[&str],
     lower_column_width: usize,
     upper_column_width: usize,
+    sigfig: i64,
 ) -> Vec<String> {
     let ellipsis = '\u{2026}';
 
     let strings_and_fracts: Vec<(String, usize, usize)> = vec_col
         .iter()
         .map(|&string| format_if_na(string))
-        .map(|string| format_if_num(&string))
+        .map(|string| format_if_num(&string, sigfig))
         .map(|string| {
             // the string, and the length of its fractional digits if any
             let (lhs, rhs) = if is_double(&string) {
@@ -213,9 +214,9 @@ pub fn format_if_na(text: &str) -> String {
     string.to_string()
 }
 
-pub fn format_if_num(text: &str) -> String {
+pub fn format_if_num(text: &str, sigfig: i64) -> String {
     if let Ok(val) = text.parse::<f64>() {
-        sigfig::DecimalSplits { val, sigfig: 3 }.final_string()
+        sigfig::DecimalSplits { val, sigfig }.final_string()
     } else {
         text.to_string()
     }
diff --git a/src/datatype/sigfig.rs b/src/datatype/sigfig.rs
index 2c4e38e..5474986 100644
--- a/src/datatype/sigfig.rs
+++ b/src/datatype/sigfig.rs
@@ -203,14 +203,11 @@ pub fn get_final_string(x: f64, lhs: f64, rhs: f64, neg: bool, sigfig: i64) -> S
         let split = total_clone.split('.');
         let vec: Vec<&str> = split.collect();
         let len_to_take_lhs = vec[0].len(); // point -> +1 to sigfig
-        let len_to_take_rhs = ((sigfig + 1) as usize) - len_to_take_lhs;
-        if vec[1].len() > (sigfig - 2) as usize {
-            let len_to_take = len_to_take_lhs + len_to_take_rhs + 1; // +1 for the space the neg sign takes
-            total_string[..len_to_take].to_string()
-        } else {
-            let len_to_take = len_to_take_lhs + len_to_take_rhs;
-            total_string[..len_to_take].to_string()
-        }
+                                            // The plus one at the end stands for the '.' character as lhs doesn't include it
+        let len_to_take_rhs =
+            std::cmp::min((sigfig as usize) - len_to_take_lhs + 1, vec[1].len()) + 1;
+        let len_to_take = len_to_take_lhs + len_to_take_rhs;
+        total_string[..len_to_take].to_string()
     } else {
         //concatonate:
         //(lhs)
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7183344..a1381bd 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -108,13 +108,13 @@ struct Cli {
         help = "The delimiter separating the columns."
     )]
     delimiter: Option<u8>,
-    //#[structopt(
-    //    short = "sig",
-    //    long = "sigfig",
-    //    default_value = "3",
-    //    help = "Significant Digits. Default 3. (Comming Soon!)"
-    //)]
-    //sigfig: usize,
+    #[structopt(
+        short = "g",
+        long = "sigfig",
+        default_value = "5",
+        help = "Significant Digits. Default 3."
+    )]
+    sigfig: i64,
     #[structopt(
         short = "d",
         long = "debug-mode",
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ fn main() {
     let term_tuple = size().unwrap();
     let opt = Cli::from_args();
     let color_option = opt.color;
-    //let sigfig = opt.sigfig;
+    let sigfig = opt.sigfig;
     let debug_mode = opt.debug_mode;
     let is_title_defined = opt.title.chars().count() > 0;
     let is_footer_defined = opt.title.chars().count() > 0;
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ fn main() {
     // vector of formatted values
     let vf: Vec<Vec<String>> = v
         .iter()
-        .map(|col| datatype::format_strings(col, lower_column_width, upper_column_width))
+        .map(|col| datatype::format_strings(col, lower_column_width, upper_column_width, sigfig))
         .collect();
 
     if debug_mode {
@@ -711,6 +711,7 @@ mod tests {
                 &v[i],
                 col_largest_width_post_proc[i],
                 col_largest_width_post_proc[i],
+                3,
             );
         }
 
@@ -788,6 +789,7 @@ mod tests {
                 &v[i],
                 col_largest_width_post_proc[i],
                 col_largest_width_post_proc[i],
+                3,
             );
         }
 
@@ -820,6 +822,7 @@ mod tests {
                 &v[i],
                 col_largest_width_post_proc[i],
                 col_largest_width_post_proc[i],
+                3,
             );
         }