diff --git a/lib/contracts/contributor.js b/lib/contracts/contributor.js
index 82b0c4f..dddf1f1 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/contributor.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/contributor.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const Record = require('./record');
 const ContributorSerializer = require('../serializers/contributor');
+const formatKredits = require('../utils/format-kredits');
 
 class Contributor extends Record {
   get count () {
@@ -8,9 +9,10 @@ class Contributor extends Record {
 
   getById(id) {
     return this.functions.getContributorById(id)
-      .then((data) => {
+      .then(data => {
+        data.balanceInt = formatKredits(data.balance);
         return this.ipfs.catAndMerge(data, ContributorSerializer.deserialize);
-      });
+      })
   }
 
   filterByAccount(search) {
diff --git a/lib/utils/format-kredits.js b/lib/utils/format-kredits.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75e11c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/utils/format-kredits.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+const ethersUtils = require('ethers').utils;
+
+module.exports = function (value, options = {}) {
+  let etherValue = ethersUtils.formatEther(value);
+  if (options.asFloat) {
+    return parseFloat(etherValue);
+  } else {
+    return parseInt(etherValue);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/list-contributors.js b/scripts/list-contributors.js
index ecb5e8c..4924c14 100644
--- a/scripts/list-contributors.js
+++ b/scripts/list-contributors.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module.exports = async function(callback) {
         c.account,
         `${c.name}`,
         c.isCore,
-        ethers.utils.formatEther(c.balance),
+        c.balanceInt.toString(),
         c.totalKreditsEarned.toString(),
         c.contributionsCount.toString(),
         c.ipfsHash