diff --git a/src/database-options.hpp b/src/database-options.hpp
index ed12e44c..0f609004 100644
--- a/src/database-options.hpp
+++ b/src/database-options.hpp
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 #include "decimal.hpp"
 
 LOST_CLI_OPTION("min-mag"                , decimal      , minMag                , 100   , STR_TO_DECIMAL(optarg)   , kNoDefaultArgument)
-LOST_CLI_OPTION("max-stars"              , int        , maxStars              , 10000 , atoi(optarg)   , kNoDefaultArgument)
+LOST_CLI_OPTION("max-stars"              , int        , maxStars                , 10000 , atoi(optarg)   , kNoDefaultArgument)
 LOST_CLI_OPTION("min-separation"         , decimal      , minSeparation         , 0.08  , STR_TO_DECIMAL(optarg)   , kNoDefaultArgument)
-LOST_CLI_OPTION("kvector"                , bool       , kvector               , false , atobool(optarg), true)
+LOST_CLI_OPTION("kvector"                , bool       , kvector                 , false , atobool(optarg), true)
 LOST_CLI_OPTION("kvector-min-distance"   , decimal      , kvectorMinDistance    , 0.5   , STR_TO_DECIMAL(optarg)   , kNoDefaultArgument)
 LOST_CLI_OPTION("kvector-max-distance"   , decimal      , kvectorMaxDistance    , 15    , STR_TO_DECIMAL(optarg)   , kNoDefaultArgument)
-LOST_CLI_OPTION("kvector-distance-bins"  , long       , kvectorNumDistanceBins, 10000 , atol(optarg)   , kNoDefaultArgument)
-LOST_CLI_OPTION("swap-integer-endianness", bool       , swapIntegerEndianness , false , atobool(optarg), true)
-LOST_CLI_OPTION("swap-float-endianness"  , bool       , swapFloatEndianness   , false , atobool(optarg), true)
-LOST_CLI_OPTION("output"                 , std::string, outputPath            , "-"   , optarg         , kNoDefaultArgument)
+LOST_CLI_OPTION("kvector-distance-bins"  , long       , kvectorNumDistanceBins  , 10000 , atol(optarg)   , kNoDefaultArgument)
+LOST_CLI_OPTION("swap-integer-endianness", bool       , swapIntegerEndianness   , false , atobool(optarg), true)
+LOST_CLI_OPTION("swap-decimal-endianness", bool       , swapDecimalEndianness   , false , atobool(optarg), true)
+LOST_CLI_OPTION("output"                 , std::string, outputPath              , "-"   , optarg         , kNoDefaultArgument)
diff --git a/src/io.cpp b/src/io.cpp
index 017687c6..7eba293b 100644
--- a/src/io.cpp
+++ b/src/io.cpp
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ typedef StarIdAlgorithm *(*StarIdAlgorithmFactory)();
 typedef AttitudeEstimationAlgorithm *(*AttitudeEstimationAlgorithmFactory)();
 
 SerializeContext serFromDbValues(const DatabaseOptions &values) {
-    return SerializeContext(values.swapIntegerEndianness, values.swapFloatEndianness);
+    return SerializeContext(values.swapIntegerEndianness, values.swapDecimalEndianness);
 }
 
 MultiDatabaseDescriptor GenerateDatabases(const Catalog &catalog, const DatabaseOptions &values) {
diff --git a/src/serialize-helpers.hpp b/src/serialize-helpers.hpp
index 13a0a3fb..2e57fb87 100644
--- a/src/serialize-helpers.hpp
+++ b/src/serialize-helpers.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * Helpers to serialize and deserialize arbitrary data types to disk
  *
- * The serialization and deserialization helpers here assume that (a) integers and floating point
+ * The serialization and deserialization helpers here assume that (a) integers and decimal point
  * numbers are stored in the same format on the source and target systems except for endianness, and
  * (b) the target system requires no greater than n-byte alignment for n-byte values (eg, an int32_t
  * only needs 4-byte alignment, not 8-byte), and (c) the database itself will be aligned at a
@@ -23,16 +23,18 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <algorithm>
 
+#include "decimal.hpp"
+
 namespace lost {
 
 class SerializeContext {
 public:
-    SerializeContext(bool swapIntegerEndianness, bool swapFloatEndianness)
-        : swapIntegerEndianness(swapIntegerEndianness), swapFloatEndianness(swapFloatEndianness) { }
+    SerializeContext(bool swapIntegerEndianness, bool swapDecimalEndianness)
+        : swapIntegerEndianness(swapIntegerEndianness), swapDecimalEndianness(swapDecimalEndianness) { }
     SerializeContext() : SerializeContext(false, false) { }
 
     bool swapIntegerEndianness;
-    bool swapFloatEndianness;
+    bool swapDecimalEndianness;
     std::vector<unsigned char> buffer;
 };
 
@@ -66,8 +68,8 @@ void SwapEndianness(unsigned char *buffer) {
 }
 
 /// Swap the endianness of a value if necessary. Uses
-/// LOST_DATABASE_{SOURCE,TARGET}_INTEGER_ENDIANNESS to determine to switch all values but float and
-/// double, which use LOST_DATABASE_{SOURCE,TARGET}_FLOAT_ENDIANNESS.
+/// LOST_DATABASE_{SOURCE,TARGET}_INTEGER_ENDIANNESS to determine to switch all values but decimal
+/// which uses LOST_DATABASE_{SOURCE,TARGET}_DECIMAL_ENDIANNESS.
 template <typename T>
 void SwapEndiannessIfNecessary(unsigned char *buffer, SerializeContext *ser) {
     if (ser->swapIntegerEndianness) {
@@ -78,16 +80,9 @@ void SwapEndiannessIfNecessary(unsigned char *buffer, SerializeContext *ser) {
 // template specializations
 
 template <>
-inline void SwapEndiannessIfNecessary<float>(unsigned char *buffer, SerializeContext *ser) {
-    if (ser->swapFloatEndianness) {
-        SwapEndianness<float>(buffer);
-    }
-}
-
-template <>
-inline void SwapEndiannessIfNecessary<double>(unsigned char *buffer, SerializeContext *ser) {
-    if (ser->swapFloatEndianness) {
-        SwapEndianness<double>(buffer);
+inline void SwapEndiannessIfNecessary<decimal>(unsigned char *buffer, SerializeContext *ser) {
+    if (ser->swapDecimalEndianness) {
+        SwapEndianness<decimal>(buffer);
     }
 }