diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/MSPcrunchComparisonData.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/MSPcrunchComparisonData.java
index 7a8adafc77637e8d6e940d3271b02a8da7e08203..eefebd069444e8b98c28e0771b91f7874ed00214 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/MSPcrunchComparisonData.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/MSPcrunchComparisonData.java
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ package uk.ac.sanger.artemis;
 
 import uk.ac.sanger.artemis.util.LinePushBackReader;
 
-import java.io.*;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 
 /**
@@ -86,7 +87,12 @@ public class MSPcrunchComparisonData extends SimpleComparisonData
     final String s_end_token = tokenizer.nextToken ();
 
     try {
-      final int score   = Integer.valueOf (score_token).intValue ();
+      int score;
+      try {
+        score = Integer.valueOf (score_token).intValue ();
+      } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+        score = Float.valueOf (score_token).intValue (); // blast+
+      }
       final int percent_ident =
         (int)(Float.valueOf (percent_ident_token).floatValue ());
       final int q_start = Integer.valueOf (q_start_token).intValue ();