diff --git a/src/output/stats.cpp b/src/output/stats.cpp
index 3cd77bfd..1d1038d5 100644
--- a/src/output/stats.cpp
+++ b/src/output/stats.cpp
@@ -79,17 +79,21 @@ namespace stats {
 
   void Writer::writeHeader() {
     CallOnce(
-      [](auto& fname, auto& stat_writers) {
+      [this](auto& fname, auto& stat_writers) {
         std::fstream StatsOut(fname, std::fstream::out | std::fstream::app);
-        StatsOut << std::setw(14) << "step" << "," << std::setw(14) << "time"
+        StatsOut << std::setw(io_precision + 8)
+                 << "step"
+                 << ","
+                 << std::setw(io_precision + 8)
+                 << "time"
                  << ",";
         for (const auto& stat : stat_writers) {
           if (stat.is_vector()) {
             for (auto i { 0u }; i < stat.comp.size(); ++i) {
-              StatsOut << std::setw(14) << stat.name(i) << ",";
+              StatsOut << std::setw(io_precision + 8) << stat.name(i) << ",";
             }
           } else {
-            StatsOut << std::setw(14) << stat.name() << ",";
+            StatsOut << std::setw(io_precision + 8) << stat.name() << ",";
           }
         }
         StatsOut << std::endl;
diff --git a/src/output/stats.h b/src/output/stats.h
index e9161669..b687e410 100644
--- a/src/output/stats.h
+++ b/src/output/stats.h
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ namespace stats {
     tools::Tracker           m_tracker;
 
   public:
+    const int io_precision = 18;
+
     Writer() {}
 
     ~Writer() = default;
@@ -185,14 +187,29 @@ namespace stats {
       (void)communicate;
       tot_value = value;
 #endif
-      CallOnce(
-        [](auto&& fname, auto&& value) {
-          std::fstream StatsOut(fname, std::fstream::out | std::fstream::app);
-          StatsOut << std::setw(14) << value << ",";
-          StatsOut.close();
-        },
-        m_fname,
-        tot_value);
+
+      if constexpr (std::is_floating_point_v<T>) {
+        CallOnce(
+          [this](auto&& fname, auto&& value) {
+            std::fstream StatsOut(fname, std::fstream::out | std::fstream::app);
+            StatsOut << std::setw(io_precision + 8)
+                     << std::setprecision(io_precision)
+                     << value
+                     << ",";
+            StatsOut.close();
+          },
+          m_fname,
+          tot_value);
+      } else {
+        CallOnce(
+          [this](auto&& fname, auto&& value) {
+            std::fstream StatsOut(fname, std::fstream::out | std::fstream::app);
+            StatsOut << std::setw(io_precision + 8) << value << ",";
+            StatsOut.close();
+          },
+          m_fname,
+          tot_value);
+      }
     }
 
     void endWriting();