diff --git a/src/core.c b/src/core.c
index 04cdd0c2..cc89502d 100644
--- a/src/core.c
+++ b/src/core.c
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ struct text_object *construct_text_object(const char *s, const char *arg, long
 		obj->callbacks.print = &print_lua_parse;
 		obj->callbacks.free = &gen_free_opaque;
 	END OBJ_ARG(lua_bar, 0, "lua_bar needs arguments: <height>,<width> <function name> [function parameters]")
-		arg = scan_bar(obj, arg, 255);
+		arg = scan_bar(obj, arg, 100);
 		if(arg) {
 			obj->data.s = strndup(arg, text_buffer_size);
 		} else {
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ struct text_object *construct_text_object(const char *s, const char *arg, long
 #ifdef X11
 	END OBJ_ARG(lua_graph, 0, "lua_graph needs arguments: <function name> [height],[width] [gradient colour 1] [gradient colour 2] [scale] [-t] [-l]")
 		char *buf = 0;
-		buf = scan_graph(obj, arg, 255);
+		buf = scan_graph(obj, arg, 100);
 		if (buf) {
 			obj->data.s = buf;
 		} else {
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ struct text_object *construct_text_object(const char *s, const char *arg, long
 		obj->callbacks.free = &gen_free_opaque;
 #endif /* X11 */
 	END OBJ_ARG(lua_gauge, 0, "lua_gauge needs arguments: <height>,<width> <function name> [function parameters]")
-		arg = scan_gauge(obj, arg, 255);
+		arg = scan_gauge(obj, arg, 100);
 		if (arg) {
 			obj->data.s = strndup(arg, text_buffer_size);
 		} else {
diff --git a/src/llua.c b/src/llua.c
index 4b4edf44..20568713 100644
--- a/src/llua.c
+++ b/src/llua.c
@@ -546,11 +546,11 @@ void print_lua_parse(struct text_object *obj, char *p, int p_max_size)
 	}
 }
 
-uint8_t lua_barval(struct text_object *obj)
+double lua_barval(struct text_object *obj)
 {
 	double per;
 	if (llua_getnumber(obj->data.s, &per)) {
-		return round_to_int(per * 2.55);
+		return per;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/llua.h b/src/llua.h
index 55cdc0f7..c4e16ad8 100644
--- a/src/llua.h
+++ b/src/llua.h
@@ -67,6 +67,6 @@ void llua_update_info(struct information *i, double u_interval);
 
 void print_lua(struct text_object *, char *, int);
 void print_lua_parse(struct text_object *, char *, int);
-uint8_t lua_barval(struct text_object *);
+double lua_barval(struct text_object *);
 
 #endif /* LUA_H_*/