diff --git a/src/formatting.rs b/src/formatting.rs
index b157564..d229d54 100644
--- a/src/formatting.rs
+++ b/src/formatting.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ use rug::Float;
 
 use crate::nodes::{self, Error};
 
-pub const MAX_DIGITS: usize = 10;
-
-pub fn pretty_eval(mut input: String) -> Result<String, Error> {
+pub fn pretty_eval(mut input: String, max_digits: usize) -> Result<String, Error> {
     // no need to remove the characters here,
     // as we ignore the them in all other logic already
     let should_add_back_alignment = input.contains('&');
@@ -21,7 +19,7 @@ pub fn pretty_eval(mut input: String) -> Result<String, Error> {
     let result = nodes::eval(&input)?;
     let display_digits =
         get_significant_digits(&result)
-            .min(MAX_DIGITS)
+            .min(max_digits)
             .max(if result >= 1000 || result < 1 {
                 1
             } else if result >= 100 {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 32f04a3..aace0d9 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ fn main() -> ExitCode {
         }
     };
 
-    match formatting::pretty_eval(input) {
+    match formatting::pretty_eval(input, 10) {
         Ok(s) => println!("{s}"),
 
         Err(e) => {
diff --git a/src/nodes/mod.rs b/src/nodes/mod.rs
index da7c34e..d8e05d9 100644
--- a/src/nodes/mod.rs
+++ b/src/nodes/mod.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 use std::fmt::{Debug, Display};
 
-use rug::Float;
+use rug::{Assign, Float};
 
 mod eval;
 pub mod parse;
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ impl Display for Node {
         Debug::fmt(&self, f)
     }
 }
+impl<T> From<T> for Node
+where
+    Float: Assign<T>,
+{
+    fn from(value: T) -> Self {
+        Self::Number(Float::with_val(PREC, value))
+    }
+}
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Copy, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub enum Operator {
diff --git a/src/nodes/parse.rs b/src/nodes/parse.rs
index 07f6d4c..22a0518 100644
--- a/src/nodes/parse.rs
+++ b/src/nodes/parse.rs
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ use crate::nodes::{Function, Node, Nodes, Operator, PREC};
 impl Node {
     fn from_name(s: &str) -> Result<Self, String> {
         Ok(match s {
-            "c" => Self::Number(Float::with_val(PREC, 299_792_458)),
-            "A" => Self::Number(Float::with_val(PREC, 6.02214076e23)),
-            "pi" => Self::Number(Float::with_val(PREC, f64::consts::PI)),
+            "c" => Self::from(299_792_458),
+            "A" => Self::from(6.02214076e23),
+            "pi" => Self::from(f64::consts::PI),
             // Planck's constant, in J*s (joule-seconds)
-            "h" => Self::Number(Float::with_val(PREC, 6.62607015e-34)),
+            "h" => Self::from(6.62607015e-34),
+            "e" => Self::from(f64::consts::E),
             _ => Self::Function(s.parse()?),
         })
     }
@@ -70,10 +71,14 @@ impl FromStr for Nodes {
     fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
         /// A superset of `char::is_numeric`
         /// that includes other characters parseable into numbers,
-        /// such as `.` (for decimal) and `e` for scientific notation.
+        /// now only `.` (for decimals)
+        ///
+        /// since including `e` makes it not parsable as a constant,
+        /// this function effectively only checks if the character can *start* a number
+        /// (since a number cannot start with `e`)
         fn is_number_char(c: char) -> bool {
             match c {
-                '.' | 'e' => true,
+                '.' => true,
                 c => c.is_numeric(),
             }
         }
@@ -114,8 +119,10 @@ impl FromStr for Nodes {
                 }
                 ParsingState::ReadingNumber(start_index) => {
                     if !is_number_char(c)
-                        // don't stop reading number on a special case, eg "1e-1"
-                        && !(filtered_string.chars().nth(i - 1) == Some('e') && c == '-')
+                        && !(c == 'e' && filtered_string.chars().nth(i + 1).is_some_and(char::is_numeric))
+                        // don't stop reading number on special case eg "1e-1"
+                        && !(c == 'e' && filtered_string.chars().nth(i + 1).is_some_and(|c| c == '-'))
+                        && !(c == '-' && filtered_string.chars().nth(i - 1).is_some_and(|c| c == 'e'))
                     {
                         nodes.push(Node::Number(
                             Float::parse(&filtered_string[start_index..i])
@@ -196,10 +203,23 @@ fn test() {
         &[
             Node::Function(Function::Sine),
             Node::ParenthesisStart,
-            Node::Number(Float::with_val(PREC, 2)),
+            Node::from(2),
             Node::ParenthesisEnd,
             Node::Operator(Operator::Plus),
-            Node::Number(Float::with_val(PREC, 1))
+            Node::from(1),
+        ],
+    )
+}
+#[test]
+fn test_e() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        Nodes::from_str("5e * 5").unwrap().as_ref(),
+        &[
+            Node::from(5),
+            Node::Operator(Operator::Mult),
+            Node::from(f64::consts::E),
+            Node::Operator(Operator::Mult),
+            Node::from(5),
         ],
     )
 }