diff --git a/src/PamController/fileprocessing/ReprocessStoreChoice.java b/src/PamController/fileprocessing/ReprocessStoreChoice.java
index 0a6835db..6a6bd019 100644
--- a/src/PamController/fileprocessing/ReprocessStoreChoice.java
+++ b/src/PamController/fileprocessing/ReprocessStoreChoice.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public enum ReprocessStoreChoice {
 	public String toString() {
 		switch (this) {
 		case STARTNORMAL:
-			return "Start normally. No risk of overwriting";
+			return "Start normally. Note risk of overwriting!";
 		case CONTINUECURRENTFILE:
 			return "Continue from start of last input file processed";
 		case CONTINUENEXTFILE:
diff --git a/src/generalDatabase/PamTableItem.java b/src/generalDatabase/PamTableItem.java
index e329cc9e..2a046623 100644
--- a/src/generalDatabase/PamTableItem.java
+++ b/src/generalDatabase/PamTableItem.java
@@ -488,6 +488,15 @@ public class PamTableItem implements Cloneable {
 		if (value == null) {
 			return Float.NaN;
 		}
+		if (value instanceof String) {
+			try {
+				double val = Double.valueOf((String) value);
+				return (float) val;
+			}
+			catch (NumberFormatException ex) {
+				return Float.NaN;
+			}
+		}
 		if (value.getClass() == Double.class) {
 			double dVal = (Double) value;
 			return (float) dVal;