diff --git a/thousands.go b/thousands.go
index 88a4c8b..9727e37 100644
--- a/thousands.go
+++ b/thousands.go
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	language2 "golang.org/x/text/language"
 	"golang.org/x/text/message"
-	"strconv"
 )
 
-func Separate(Number interface{}, language ...string) (float64, error) {
+func Separate(Number interface{}, language ...string) (string, error) {
 
 	lang := map[string]string{"de": "German", "en": "English"}
 	useLang := lang[language[0]]
@@ -24,14 +23,10 @@ func Separate(Number interface{}, language ...string) (float64, error) {
 	case float64:
 
 	default:
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("%T is no valid number format", n)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("%T is no valid number format", n)
 	}
 
-	formattedNumber, err := strconv.Atoi(p.Sprintf("%d", Number))
+	formattedNumber := p.Sprintf("%d", Number)
 
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-
-	return float64(formattedNumber), nil
+	return formattedNumber, nil
 }