diff --git userpoints.install userpoints.install
index c290f48..1c3556e 100644
--- userpoints.install
+++ userpoints.install
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ function userpoints_schema() {
       ),
       'points' => array(
         'description' => 'Current Points',
-        'type' => 'int',
+        'type' => 'float',
         'not null' => TRUE,
         'default' => 0,
       ),
       'max_points' => array(
         'description' => 'Out of a maximum points',
-        'type' => 'int',
+        'type' => 'float',
         'not null' => TRUE,
         'default' => 0,
       ),
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function userpoints_schema() {
       ),
       'points' => array(
         'description' => 'Points',
-        'type' => 'int',
+        'type' => 'float',
         'not null' => TRUE,
         'default' => 0,
       ),
@@ -281,3 +281,16 @@ function userpoints_update_6012() {
   db_add_index($ret, 'userpoints_txn', 'status_expired_expiry', array('status', 'expired', 'expirydate'));
   return $ret;
 }
+
+/*
+ * From: http://drupal.org/node/417830
+ * Points become float
+ */
+
+ function userpoints_update_6013() {
+  $ret = array();
+  db_change_field($ret, 'userpoints_txn', 'points', 'points', array('type' => 'float', 'not null' => true, 'default' => 0));
+  db_change_field($ret, 'userpoints', 'points', 'points', array('type' => 'float', 'not null' => true, 'default' => 0));
+  db_change_field($ret, 'userpoints', 'max_points', 'max_points', array('type' => 'float', 'not null' => true, 'default' => 0));
+   return $ret;
+ }