diff --git a/example.zig b/example.zig
index 61583e7..040d3ef 100644
--- a/example.zig
+++ b/example.zig
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub async fn nextCodepointSlice(it: *Utf8Iterator) ?[]const u8 {
     cklj = asdf;
 
     var num = 0.0;
+    var num2 = 1e2;
     const c = @cImport({
         @cInclude("lzma_header.c");
     });
diff --git a/zig/zig_lexer.zig b/zig/zig_lexer.zig
index fcfe78e..693f39c 100644
--- a/zig/zig_lexer.zig
+++ b/zig/zig_lexer.zig
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ pub const Lexer = struct {
         while(true) {
             switch (self.peek) {
                 '0'...'9' => {},
-                '.' => return self.float_digits(false),
+                '.', 'e' => return self.float_digits(false),
                 else => return Id.IntegerLiteral,
             }
             self.getc();