diff --git a/check_primes.js b/check_primes.js
index 68eed6a..0839a26 100644
--- a/check_primes.js
+++ b/check_primes.js
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ assert(
 
 for (let i = 0; i < primes_generated.length; i++) {
   if (primes_generated[i] !== correct_primes[i]) {
+    let bigger_smaller = "="
+    if (primes_generated[i] > correct_primes[i]) { bigger_smaller = ">" } else if (primes_generated[i] < correct_primes[i]) { "<" }
     console.error(
-      `Incorrect prime at index ${i}: ${primes_generated[i]} | ${correct_primes[i]}`,
+      `Incorrect prime at index ${i}: ${primes_generated[i]}(gen) | ${correct_primes[i]}(list) | gen is ${bigger_smaller}`,
     );
     process.exit(1);
   }
diff --git a/convert_primelist.py b/convert_primelist.py
index 4c99bcd..9948891 100644
--- a/convert_primelist.py
+++ b/convert_primelist.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ def convert_primes_to_json(file_path):
     for line in lines:
         # Step 2: Extract prime numbers
         # Split each line into words and filter out non-numeric entries
-        numbers = [int(num) for num in line.split() if num.isdigit()]
+        numbers = [num for num in line.split() if num.isdigit()]
         primes.extend(numbers)
 
     # Step 3: Convert the list of primes to a JSON array