diff --git a/mariadb/mariadb_codecs.c b/mariadb/mariadb_codecs.c
index 3163b61..fcae755 100644
--- a/mariadb/mariadb_codecs.c
+++ b/mariadb/mariadb_codecs.c
@@ -454,8 +454,9 @@ field_fetch_fromtext(MrdbCursor *self, char *data, unsigned int column)
         case MYSQL_TYPE_FLOAT:  
         case MYSQL_TYPE_DOUBLE: 
         {
-            double d= atof(data);
-            self->values[column]= PyFloat_FromDouble(d);
+            PyObject *str= PyUnicode_FromString(data);
+            self->values[column]= PyFloat_FromString(str);
+            Py_DECREF(str);
             break;
         }
         case MYSQL_TYPE_TIME:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bc690a9..5fe63b7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 PY_MARIADB_MAJOR_VERSION=1
 PY_MARIADB_MINOR_VERSION=0
-PY_MARIADB_PATCH_VERSION=6
+PY_MARIADB_PATCH_VERSION=7
 # PY_MARIADB_PRE_RELEASE_SEGMENT=""
 
 PY_MARIADB_VERSION= "%s.%s.%s" % (PY_MARIADB_MAJOR_VERSION, PY_MARIADB_MINOR_VERSION, PY_MARIADB_PATCH_VERSION)