diff --git a/frontend/src/Lib.elm b/frontend/src/Lib.elm
index c2d1494..7648c82 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Lib.elm
+++ b/frontend/src/Lib.elm
@@ -14,30 +14,29 @@ maybe default val =
 log10 x = logBase 10 x
 expt b x = b^(toFloat x)
 
-
-niceDigitRound f =
-    let digits = [1, 2, 5, 10]
-        breaks = List.map2 (\ a b -> (a+b)/2)  (List.drop 1 digits) digits
-        m = List.map2 Tuple.pair digits breaks
-    in case List.filter (\ d -> (f  < Tuple.second d)) m  of
-           ((a,_) :: _) -> a
-           _ -> 10
-
-niceDigit f =
-    let niceDigits = [1, 2, 5]
-    in case List.filter ((<) f) niceDigits of
-           (a :: _) -> a
-           _ -> 10
-
 niceNumber x round =
     let exp = floor (log10 x)
         f = x / (expt 10.0 exp)
+        nfRound = if f < 1.5
+                  then 1
+                  else if f < 3
+                       then 2
+                       else if f < 7
+                            then 5
+                            else 10
+        nf = if f <= 1
+             then 1
+             else if f <= 2
+                  then 2
+                  else if f <= 5
+                       then 5
+                       else 10
     in
         if round
         then
-            (niceDigitRound f) * expt 10 exp
+            nfRound * expt 10 exp
         else
-            (niceDigit f) * expt 10 exp
+            nf * expt 10 exp
 
 looseLabels ticks min max =
     let
diff --git a/frontend/tests/LibTest.elm b/frontend/tests/LibTest.elm
index 113e957..5f1904b 100644
--- a/frontend/tests/LibTest.elm
+++ b/frontend/tests/LibTest.elm
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ specs =
         [ runCheck 10  0 100  (0.0, 100.0, 10)
         , runCheck 10  2  98  (0.0, 100.0, 10)
         , runCheck 10  8  91  (0.0, 100.0, 10)
-        , runCheck  8  1  32  (0, 35, 5)
-        , runCheck  8  1  36  (0, 40, 5)
+        , runCheck  8  1  32  (0, 40, 10)
+        , runCheck  8  1  36  (0, 40, 10)
         , runCheck 10  1   4  (1, 4, 0.5)
         ]