diff --git a/vviewer/vviewer.py b/vviewer/vviewer.py
index bb35c7d2bae38b822498377947d53db35d075f39..43ff4246f69dac41f03970dc3e09d7c3c48a0cc3 100755
--- a/vviewer/vviewer.py
+++ b/vviewer/vviewer.py
@@ -1503,9 +1503,10 @@ class vviewer(QtGui.QMainWindow):
         if ((testFloat(self.x_box.text()) and
                 testFloat(self.y_box.text()) and
                 testFloat(self.z_box.text()))):
-            x = int(self.x_box.text())
-            y = int(self.y_box.text())
-            z = int(self.z_box.text())
+            
+            x = int(float(self.x_box.text()))
+            y = int(float(self.y_box.text()))
+            z = int(float(self.z_box.text()))
             # import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
             index = self.imagelist.currentRow()
             if self.voxel_coord: