diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 364c745..9d9c5fd 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -118,13 +118,13 @@ int main()
 
         int numRows;
         int numColumns;
-        int scalar;
+        double scalar;
         printf("\nPlease enter the number of rows: ");
         scanf("%d", &numRows);
         printf("\nPlease enter the number of columns: ");
         scanf("%d", &numColumns);
         printf("\nPlease enter the scalar multiplier: ");
-        scanf("%d", &scalar);
+        scanf("%lf", &scalar);
 
         scalarMultiplication(numRows, numColumns, scalar);
 
diff --git a/matrices.h b/matrices.h
index f21c1fd..1759ea4 100644
--- a/matrices.h
+++ b/matrices.h
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ int matrixAddition(int numRows, int numColumns)
     return 0;
 }
 
-int scalarMultiplication(int numRows, int numColumns, int scalar)
+int scalarMultiplication(int numRows, int numColumns, double scalar)
 {
-    int matrix[numRows][numColumns];
+    double matrix[numRows][numColumns];
 
     printf("\nEnter elements in matrix of size %d*%d! \n", numRows, numColumns);
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ int scalarMultiplication(int numRows, int numColumns, int scalar)
     {
         for (int j = 0; j < numColumns; j++)
         {
-            scanf("%d", &matrix[i][j]);
+            scanf("%lf", &matrix[i][j]);
         }
     }
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ int scalarMultiplication(int numRows, int numColumns, int scalar)
     {
         for (int j = 0; j < numColumns; j++)
         {
-            printf(" %d ", matrix[i][j] * scalar);
+            printf(" %lf ", matrix[i][j] * scalar);
         }
         printf("\n");
     }