diff --git a/src/formatting.rs b/src/formatting.rs
index 034ce87..5292282 100644
--- a/src/formatting.rs
+++ b/src/formatting.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ use rug::Float;
 
 use crate::nodes::{self, Error};
 
+pub const MAX_DIGITS: usize = 10;
+
 pub fn pretty_eval(mut input: String) -> Result<String, Error> {
     // no need to remove the characters here,
     // as we ignore the them in all other logic already
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ pub fn pretty_eval(mut input: String) -> Result<String, Error> {
         .is_some();
 
     let result = nodes::eval(&input)?;
-    let significant_digits = get_significant_digits(&result);
+    let significant_digits = get_significant_digits(&result).min(MAX_DIGITS);
 
     Ok(format!(
         "{}{}{result:.significant_digits$}{}",