diff --git a/scientific.cabal b/scientific.cabal
--- a/scientific.cabal
+++ b/scientific.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                scientific
-version:             0.0.0.0
+version:             0.0.0.1
 synopsis:            Arbitrary-precision floating-point numbers represented using scientific notation
 description:         A @Scientific@ number is an arbitrary-precision floating-point number
                      represented using scientific notation.
diff --git a/src/Data/Scientific.hs b/src/Data/Scientific.hs
--- a/src/Data/Scientific.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Scientific.hs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     hashWithSalt salt = hashWithSalt salt . toRational
 
 instance Show Scientific where
-    showsPrec _ = showString . formatScientific Generic Nothing
+    show = formatScientific Generic Nothing
 
 instance Read Scientific where
     readPrec = ReadPrec.lift scientificP
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
 fromRealFloat rf
       -- integers are way more efficient to convert via Rational.
       -- We do pay the cost of always converting to Rational first though.
-    | denominator rat == 1 = fromRational rat
+    | denominator rat == 1 = fromInteger $ numerator rat
     | rf < 0               = negate $ fromNonNegRealFloat $ negate rf
     | otherwise            =          fromNonNegRealFloat          rf
     where