diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2e14cc5..320cbbc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -382,8 +382,8 @@ be changed.
 ![Escape Time colorbars](https://crapp.github.io/geomandel/escape_colorbar_1band.png)
 
 The next three colorbars were created with the same base color and the same frequency
-values for the green primary. Additionally I have added a frequency of 4 for the
-blue primary.
+values for the green channel. Additionally I have added a frequency of 4 for the
+blue channel.
 
 ![Escape Time colorbars two color components](https://crapp.github.io/geomandel/escape_colorbar_2band.png)
 
diff --git a/src/buffwriter.cpp b/src/buffwriter.cpp
index c9554f2..f5ddd8e 100644
--- a/src/buffwriter.cpp
+++ b/src/buffwriter.cpp
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ Buffwriter::~Buffwriter() {}
 std::string Buffwriter::out_file_name(const std::string &string_pattern,
                                       unsigned int bailout, unsigned int xrange,
                                       unsigned int yrange, unsigned int zoom,
-                                      unsigned int cores, unsigned int xcoord,
-                                      unsigned int ycoord, double z_real_min,
+                                      unsigned int cores, double xcoord,
+                                      double ycoord, double z_real_min,
                                       double z_real_max, double z_ima_min,
                                       double z_ima_max)
 {
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ std::string Buffwriter::out_file_name(const std::string &string_pattern,
     regex_patterns.emplace_back(new Regexpattern<unsigned int>(yrange, "%h"));
     regex_patterns.emplace_back(new Regexpattern<unsigned int>(zoom, "%z"));
     regex_patterns.emplace_back(new Regexpattern<unsigned int>(cores, "%c"));
-    regex_patterns.emplace_back(new Regexpattern<unsigned int>(xcoord, "%x"));
-    regex_patterns.emplace_back(new Regexpattern<unsigned int>(ycoord, "%y"));
+    regex_patterns.emplace_back(new Regexpattern<double>(xcoord, "%x"));
+    regex_patterns.emplace_back(new Regexpattern<double>(ycoord, "%y"));
     regex_patterns.emplace_back(new Regexpattern<double>(z_real_min, "%Zr"));
     regex_patterns.emplace_back(new Regexpattern<double>(z_real_max, "%ZR"));
     regex_patterns.emplace_back(new Regexpattern<double>(z_ima_min, "%Zi"));
diff --git a/src/buffwriter.h b/src/buffwriter.h
index 28168d1..4c20cd8 100644
--- a/src/buffwriter.h
+++ b/src/buffwriter.h
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 #include "global.h"
 
+#include "mandelparams.h"
+
 #include <string>
 #include <regex>
 #include <memory>
+#include <type_traits>
 
 /**
  * @brief Simple interface to be able to use objects with different
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ struct Regexpattern : public RegexpatternIface {
     virtual ~Regexpattern(){};
 
     /**
-     * @brief Parse the filename string and replace every occurence of regpattern 
+     * @brief Parse the filename string and replace every occurence of regpattern
      * with value
      *
      * @param filename
@@ -51,7 +54,16 @@ struct Regexpattern : public RegexpatternIface {
     void parse_filename(std::string &filename)
     {
         std::regex re(this->regpattern);
-        filename = std::regex_replace(filename, re, std::to_string(this->value));
+        std::string val_string = std::to_string(this->value);
+        if (std::is_same<double, T>::value) {
+            val_string.erase(val_string.find_last_not_of('0') + 1,
+                             std::string::npos);
+            // check if last char is a point
+            if (val_string.back() == '.') {
+                val_string = val_string.substr(0, val_string.size() - 1);
+            }
+        }
+        filename = std::regex_replace(filename, re, val_string);
     }
 
 private:
@@ -60,7 +72,7 @@ struct Regexpattern : public RegexpatternIface {
 };
 
 /**
- * @brief Base class of all classes that write the mandelbrot buffer to a 
+ * @brief Base class of all classes that write the mandelbrot buffer to a
  * file/stream
  */
 class Buffwriter
@@ -77,10 +89,9 @@ class Buffwriter
     std::string out_file_name(const std::string &string_pattern,
                               unsigned int bailout, unsigned int xrange,
                               unsigned int yrange, unsigned int zoom,
-                              unsigned int cores, unsigned int xcoord,
-                              unsigned int ycoord, double z_real_min,
-                              double z_real_max, double z_ima_min,
-                              double z_ima_max);
+                              unsigned int cores, double xcoord, double ycoord,
+                              double z_real_min, double z_real_max,
+                              double z_ima_min, double z_ima_max);
 };
 
 #endif /* ifndef BUFFWRITER_H */
diff --git a/src/main_helper.h b/src/main_helper.h
index c25b60b..5041995 100644
--- a/src/main_helper.h
+++ b/src/main_helper.h
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ inline void init_mandel_parameters(std::shared_ptr<MandelParameters> &params,
         unsigned int yrange = parser["h"].as<unsigned int>();
 
         unsigned int zoomlvl = 0;
-        unsigned int xcoord = 0;
-        unsigned int ycoord = 0;
+        double xcoord = 0;
+        double ycoord = 0;
 
         // check if user wants to zoom
         if (parser.count("zoom")) {
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ inline void init_mandel_parameters(std::shared_ptr<MandelParameters> &params,
             parser["zoom"].as<unsigned int>() == 0
                 ? zoomlvl = 1
                 : zoomlvl = parser["zoom"].as<unsigned int>();
-            xcoord = parser["xcoord"].as<unsigned int>();
-            ycoord = parser["ycoord"].as<unsigned int>();
+            xcoord = parser["xcoord"].as<double>();
+            ycoord = parser["ycoord"].as<double>();
 
             if (xcoord > xrange) {
                 std::cerr << "X Coordinate outside of the image space"
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ inline void configure_command_line_parser(cxxopts::Options &p)
         ("zoom", "Zoom level. Use together with xcoord, ycoord",
          cxxopts::value<unsigned int>())
         ("xcoord", "Image X coordinate where you want to zoom into the fractal",
-         cxxopts::value<unsigned int>())
+         cxxopts::value<double>())
         ("ycoord", "Image Y coordinate where you want to zoom into the fractal",
-         cxxopts::value<unsigned int>());
+         cxxopts::value<double>());
 
     p.add_options("Export")
         ("p,print", "Print Buffer to terminal")
diff --git a/src/mandelparams.h b/src/mandelparams.h
index 950ca4d..a78162e 100644
--- a/src/mandelparams.h
+++ b/src/mandelparams.h
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ struct MandelParameters {
     unsigned int bailout;
 
     unsigned int zoom;
-    unsigned int xcoord;
-    unsigned int ycoord;
+    double xcoord;
+    double ycoord;
 
     std::string image_base;
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ struct MandelParameters {
     MandelParameters(unsigned int xrange, double xl, double xh,
                      unsigned int yrange, double yl, double yh,
                      unsigned int bailout, unsigned int zoom,
-                     unsigned int xcoord, unsigned int ycoord,
+                     double xcoord, double ycoord,
                      std::string image_base, unsigned int cores,
                      constants::COL_ALGO col_algo)
         : xrange(xrange),
diff --git a/src/mandelzoom.cpp b/src/mandelzoom.cpp
index 5f55351..e3e2c19 100644
--- a/src/mandelzoom.cpp
+++ b/src/mandelzoom.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 Mandelzoom::Mandelzoom() {}
 void Mandelzoom::calcalute_zoom_cpane(double &xh, double &xl, double &yh,
                                       double &yl, unsigned int zoom,
-                                      unsigned int xcoord, unsigned int ycoord,
+                                      double xcoord, double ycoord,
                                       unsigned int width, unsigned int height)
 {
     /*
diff --git a/src/mandelzoom.h b/src/mandelzoom.h
index 92d9e3e..4d54112 100644
--- a/src/mandelzoom.h
+++ b/src/mandelzoom.h
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ class Mandelzoom
      * @param ycoord Y coordinate in the complex plane
      */
     void calcalute_zoom_cpane(double &xh, double &xl, double &yh, double &yl,
-                              unsigned int zoom, unsigned int xcoord,
-                              unsigned int ycoord, unsigned int width,
+                              unsigned int zoom, double xcoord,
+                              double ycoord, unsigned int width,
                               unsigned int height);
 
 private:
diff --git a/src/test/buffwriter_mock.cpp b/src/test/buffwriter_mock.cpp
index aa030a9..7c71bd5 100644
--- a/src/test/buffwriter_mock.cpp
+++ b/src/test/buffwriter_mock.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ void BuffwriterMock::write_buffer(){};
 std::string BuffwriterMock::test_filename_patterns(
     std::string filename_pattern, unsigned int bailout, unsigned int xrange,
     unsigned int yrange, unsigned int zoom, unsigned int cores,
-    unsigned int xcoord, unsigned int ycoord, double z_real_min,
+    double xcoord, double ycoord, double z_real_min,
     double z_real_max, double z_ima_min, double z_ima_max)
 {
     return this->out_file_name(filename_pattern, bailout, xrange, yrange, zoom,
diff --git a/src/test/buffwriter_mock.h b/src/test/buffwriter_mock.h
index a04b9cc..4096e71 100644
--- a/src/test/buffwriter_mock.h
+++ b/src/test/buffwriter_mock.h
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ class BuffwriterMock : public Buffwriter
     std::string test_filename_patterns(std::string filename_pattern,
                                        unsigned int bailout, unsigned int xrange,
                                        unsigned int yrange, unsigned int zoom,
-                                       unsigned int cores, unsigned int xcoord,
-                                       unsigned int ycoord, double z_real_min,
+                                       unsigned int cores, double xcoord,
+                                       double ycoord, double z_real_min,
                                        double z_real_max, double z_ima_min,
                                        double z_ima_max);
 
diff --git a/src/test/test_computation.cpp b/src/test/test_computation.cpp
index 344bcc9..859a886 100644
--- a/src/test/test_computation.cpp
+++ b/src/test/test_computation.cpp
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ TEST_CASE("Computation of zoom values", "[computation]")
     // zoom level
     unsigned int zoom = 30;
     // x/y coordinate in the image space
-    unsigned int xcoord = 200;
-    unsigned int ycoord = 300;
+    double xcoord = 200;
+    double ycoord = 300;
 
     SECTION("Test 30x zoom")
     {