diff --git a/worldeditadditions/ellipsoid.lua b/worldeditadditions/ellipsoid.lua
index b072c5c..9fa1e6e 100644
--- a/worldeditadditions/ellipsoid.lua
+++ b/worldeditadditions/ellipsoid.lua
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ function worldedit.ellipsoid(position, radius, target_node)
 			for x = -radius.x, radius.x do
 				
 				-- If we're inside the ellipse, then fill it in
-				if (x/radius.x)*(x/radius.x) + (y/radius.y)*(y/radius.y) + (z/radius.z)*(z/radius.z) <= 1 then
-
-
+				local x_comp, y_comp, z_comp = x/radius.x, y/radius.y, z/radius.z
+				if x_comp*x_comp + y_comp*y_comp + z_comp*z_comp <= 1 then
+					
 					data[i] = node_id
 					count = count + 1
-				
+					
 				end