diff --git a/src/exact_value.cpp b/src/exact_value.cpp
index 525b8cb91..fa26ec4b0 100644
--- a/src/exact_value.cpp
+++ b/src/exact_value.cpp
@@ -337,7 +337,10 @@ gb_internal ExactValue exact_value_float_from_string(String string) {
 			f64 f = bit_cast<f64>(u);
 			return exact_value_float(f);
 		} else {
-			GB_PANIC("Invalid hexadecimal float, expected 8 or 16 digits, got %td", digit_count);
+			// GB_PANIC("Invalid hexadecimal float, expected 4, 8, or 16 digits, got %td", digit_count);
+			// NOTE(bill): This should be caught by the tokenizer, so just pretend it's an f64
+			f64 f = bit_cast<f64>(u);
+			return exact_value_float(f);
 		}
 	}