diff --git a/ViennaRNAParser.cabal b/ViennaRNAParser.cabal
--- a/ViennaRNAParser.cabal
+++ b/ViennaRNAParser.cabal
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 -- PVP summary:      +-+------- breaking API changes
 --                   | | +----- non-breaking API additions
 --                   | | | +--- code changes with no API change
-version:             1.2.8
+version:             1.2.9
 synopsis:            Libary for parsing ViennaRNA package output
 description:         Currently contains parsers and datatypes for: RNAalifold, RNAcode, RNAdistance, RNAcofold, RNAfold, RNAplex, RNAup, RNAz.
 		     .
 		     For more information on the ViennaRNA package refer to <http://www.tbi.univie.ac.at/RNA/>.
 		     .
-		     The libary is tested with Version 2.1.9 of the ViennaRNA package.                      
+		     The libary is tested with Version 2.2.4 of the ViennaRNA package.                      
 license:             GPL
 license-file:        LICENSE
 author:              Florian Eggenhofer
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 
 source-repository this
   type:     git
-  location: https://github.com/eggzilla/ViennaRNAParser/tree/1.2.8
-  tag:      1.2.8
+  location: https://github.com/eggzilla/ViennaRNAParser/tree/1.2.9
+  tag:      1.2.9
 
 library
   -- Modules exported by the library.
diff --git a/src/Bio/RNAcodeParser.hs b/src/Bio/RNAcodeParser.hs
--- a/src/Bio/RNAcodeParser.hs
+++ b/src/Bio/RNAcodeParser.hs
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@
   string ("\t")
   _start <- natural haskell
   _end <- natural haskell
-  _score <- float haskell
+  _score <- many1 (oneOf "1234567890e.-+")
+  many space
   _pvalue <- float haskell
-  return $ RNAcodeHit (fromInteger _hss) (fromInteger _frame) (fromInteger _length) (fromInteger _from) (fromInteger _to) _name (fromInteger _start) (fromInteger _end) _score _pvalue 
+  return $ RNAcodeHit (fromInteger _hss) (fromInteger _frame) (fromInteger _length) (fromInteger _from) (fromInteger _to) _name (fromInteger _start) (fromInteger _end) (read _score ::Double) _pvalue 
 
 
 -- | Parse the input as RNAcode datatype
diff --git a/src/Bio/RNAdistanceParser.hs b/src/Bio/RNAdistanceParser.hs
--- a/src/Bio/RNAdistanceParser.hs
+++ b/src/Bio/RNAdistanceParser.hs
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 -- | Parse the consenus of RNAz results         
 genParserRNAdistance :: GenParser Char st RNAdistance
 genParserRNAdistance = do
-  string ("f: ")              
+  oneOf "fhwcFHWCP"  
+  string (": ")              
   distance <- many1 (noneOf " ")
   optional (many1 space)
   eof