diff --git a/statsdaemon.go b/statsdaemon.go
index a0c40e6..fb6b046 100644
--- a/statsdaemon.go
+++ b/statsdaemon.go
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func processTimers(buffer *bytes.Buffer, numStats *int, now int64) {
 			var z Uint64Slice
 			timers[u] = z
 
-			fmt.Fprintf(buffer, "%s.mean %d %d\n", u, mean, now)
+			fmt.Fprintf(buffer, "%s.mean %f %d\n", u, mean, now)
 			fmt.Fprintf(buffer, "%s.upper %d %d\n", u, max, now)
 			fmt.Fprintf(buffer, "%s.lower %d %d\n", u, min, now)
 			fmt.Fprintf(buffer, "%s.count %d %d\n", u, count, now)
diff --git a/statsdaemon_test.go b/statsdaemon_test.go
index be65baf..272c6ef 100644
--- a/statsdaemon_test.go
+++ b/statsdaemon_test.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func TestMean(t *testing.T) {
 	processTimers(buff, &numStats, time.Now().Unix())
 	assert.Equal(t, numStats, 1)
 	dataForGraphite := buff.String()
-	meanRegexp := regexp.MustCompile("response_time.mean.*float64=20")
+	meanRegexp := regexp.MustCompile("response_time.mean.*20")
 
 	matched := meanRegexp.MatchString(dataForGraphite)
 	assert.Equal(t, matched, true)