diff --git a/devicehandlers/GyroL3GD20Handler.cpp b/devicehandlers/GyroL3GD20Handler.cpp
index a732daf..94e61cc 100644
--- a/devicehandlers/GyroL3GD20Handler.cpp
+++ b/devicehandlers/GyroL3GD20Handler.cpp
@@ -187,12 +187,12 @@ ReturnValue_t GyroHandlerL3GD20H::interpretDeviceReply(DeviceCommandId_t id,
 
 		statusReg = packet[L3GD20H::STATUS_IDX];
 
-		float angVelocX = (packet[L3GD20H::OUT_X_H] << 8 |
-				packet[L3GD20H::OUT_X_L]) * scaleFactor;
-		float angVelocY = (packet[L3GD20H::OUT_Y_H] << 8 |
-				packet[L3GD20H::OUT_Y_L]) * scaleFactor;
-		float angVelocZ = (packet[L3GD20H::OUT_Z_H] << 8 |
-				packet[L3GD20H::OUT_Z_L]) * scaleFactor;
+		int16_t angVelocXRaw = packet[L3GD20H::OUT_X_H] << 8 | packet[L3GD20H::OUT_X_L];
+        int16_t angVelocYRaw = packet[L3GD20H::OUT_Y_H] << 8 | packet[L3GD20H::OUT_Y_L];
+        int16_t angVelocZRaw = packet[L3GD20H::OUT_Z_H] << 8 | packet[L3GD20H::OUT_Z_L];
+		float angVelocX = angVelocXRaw * scaleFactor;
+        float angVelocY = angVelocYRaw * scaleFactor;
+        float angVelocZ = angVelocZRaw * scaleFactor;
 
 		int8_t temperaturOffset = (-1) * packet[L3GD20H::TEMPERATURE_IDX];
 		float temperature = 25.0 + temperaturOffset;
@@ -207,9 +207,9 @@ ReturnValue_t GyroHandlerL3GD20H::interpretDeviceReply(DeviceCommandId_t id,
             sif::info << "Z: " << angVelocZ << " \xC2\xB0" << std::endl;
 #else
             sif::printInfo("GyroHandlerL3GD20H: Angular velocities in degrees per second:\n");
-            sif::printInfo("X: %f " "\xC2\xB0" "T\n", angVelocX);
-            sif::printInfo("Y: %f " "\xC2\xB0" "T\n", angVelocY);
-            sif::printInfo("Z: %f " "\xC2\xB0" "T\n", angVelocZ);
+            sif::printInfo("X: %f \xC2\xB0\n", angVelocX);
+            sif::printInfo("Y: %f \xC2\xB0\n", angVelocY);
+            sif::printInfo("Z: %f \xC2\xB0\n", angVelocZ);
 #endif
         }
 #endif