diff --git a/Utils/Statistics.cc b/Utils/Statistics.cc
index 259d4a7d1b8c500f428d62daa53a26089c85d25c..a96b33ba44f878dc304c82359b27eba9866c991a 100644
--- a/Utils/Statistics.cc
+++ b/Utils/Statistics.cc
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ char *format_eng( float f)
                 n+=3;
         }
 
-        sprintf( buf, "-%3.2fe%+03d", f, n);
+        sprintf( buf, "%3.2fe%+03d", f, n);
     }
     else{
         sprintf( buf, "        0.00");