diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 * Hackage: <http://hackage.haskell.org/package/crackNum>
 * GitHub:  <http://github.com/LeventErkok/crackNum/>
 
-* Latest Hackage released version: 1.8, 2017-01-15
+* Latest Hackage released version: 1.9, 2017-01-22
+
+### Version 1.9, 2017-01-22
+
+  * Minor fix to printing of +/-0
 
 ### Version 1.8, 2017-01-15
 
diff --git a/Data/Numbers/CrackNum.hs b/Data/Numbers/CrackNum.hs
--- a/Data/Numbers/CrackNum.hs
+++ b/Data/Numbers/CrackNum.hs
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@
         dup x = (x, x)
 
         (val, hexVal) = case kind of
-                          Zero    False   -> dup "+0"
-                          Zero    True    -> dup "-0"
+                          Zero    False   -> ("+0.0", "0x0p+0")
+                          Zero    True    -> ("-0.0", "-0x0p+0")
                           Infty   False   -> dup "+Infinity"
                           Infty   True    -> dup "-Infinity"
                           SNaN            -> dup "NaN (Signaling)"
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
                        (Nothing,     _,      Just d) -> (Nothing,            Just (doubleToFP d))
                        _                             -> (Nothing,            Nothing)
 
-        rd :: (Read a, FloatingHexReader a, RealFloat a) => String -> Maybe a
+        rd :: (Read a, FloatingHexReader a) => String -> Maybe a
         rd s = case [v | (v, "") <- reads s] ++ catMaybes [readHFloat s] of
                  [v] -> Just v
                  _   -> Nothing
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 ### Command line options:
 
-    crackNum v1.8, (c) Levent Erkok. Released with a BSD3 license.
+    crackNum v1.9, (c) Levent Erkok. Released with a BSD3 license.
     Usage: crackNum precision bit/hex-pattern
               --hp        16 bit half     precision
               --sp        32 bit single   precision
diff --git a/crackNum.cabal b/crackNum.cabal
--- a/crackNum.cabal
+++ b/crackNum.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                crackNum
-Version:             1.8
+Version:             1.9
 Synopsis:            Crack various integer, floating-point data formats
 Description:         Crack HP, SP and DP floats and 8, 16, 32, 64 bit words and integers.
                      .