diff --git a/src/libc/stdio/doprnt.c b/src/libc/stdio/doprnt.c
index 40a8998..2a5bae4 100644
--- a/src/libc/stdio/doprnt.c
+++ b/src/libc/stdio/doprnt.c
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ static unsigned char mkhex (unsigned char ch);
 static int cvt (double number, int prec, int sharpflag, unsigned char *negp,
 	unsigned char fmtch, unsigned char *startp, unsigned char *endp);
 
- union {
-         unsigned long u32;
-         va_list ap32;
-        } x;
+// union {
+//         unsigned long u32;
+//         va_list ap32;
+//        } x;
 
 int
 _doprnt (char const *fmt, va_list ap, FILE *stream)
@@ -368,13 +368,18 @@ number:		if (sign && ((long) ul != 0L)) {
 		case 'F':
 		case 'g':
 		case 'G': {
+
+                // --- IM - vaarg alignment issue fix:
             
   				double d;
+               
+                unsigned long *da;
+
+                da = (unsigned long *) ≈ 
+
                 unsigned long *l = (unsigned long *) &d;
 
-                x.ap32 = ap;
-
-                if ( x.u32 & 4) {
+                if ( (*da) & 4) {                       // maj
                     l[0]= va_arg(ap, unsigned long);
                     l[1]= va_arg(ap, unsigned long);
                 }
@@ -384,6 +389,8 @@ number:		if (sign && ((long) ul != 0L)) {
                     l[1]= va_arg(ap, unsigned long);
             	}
 
+                // ---
+
 			/*
 			 * don't do unrealistic precision; just pad it with
 			 * zeroes later, so buffer size stays rational.
diff --git a/target.mk b/target.mk
index 816b10f..1aaebdb 100755
--- a/target.mk
+++ b/target.mk
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ TAGSFILE	= tags
 MANROFF		= nroff -man -h -Tascii
 ELF2AOUT	= $(TOPSRC)/tools/elf2aout/elf2aout
 
-CFLAGS		= -O
+CFLAGS		= -O -fno-short-double
 
 LDFLAGS		+= -N -nostartfiles -fno-dwarf2-cfi-asm -T$(TOPSRC)/src/elf32-mips.ld \
 		   $(TOPSRC)/src/crt0.o -L$(TOPSRC)/src