diff --git a/yesod-bin/Devel.hs b/yesod-bin/Devel.hs
index 616e0139..ccd4c358 100644
--- a/yesod-bin/Devel.hs
+++ b/yesod-bin/Devel.hs
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ failWith msg = do
     exitFailure
 
 checkFileList :: FileList -> D.Library -> [FilePath]
-checkFileList fl lib = filter isUnlisted . filter isSrcFile $ sourceFiles
+checkFileList fl lib = filter (not . isSetup) . filter isUnlisted . filter isSrcFile $ sourceFiles
   where
     al = allModules lib
     -- a file is only a possible 'module file' if all path pieces start with a capital letter
@@ -436,6 +436,12 @@ checkFileList fl lib = filter isUnlisted . filter isSrcFile $ sourceFiles
     isUnlisted file = not (toModuleName file `Set.member` al)
     toModuleName = L.intercalate "." . filter (/=".") . splitDirectories . dropExtension
 
+    isSetup "Setup.hs" = True
+    isSetup "./Setup.hs" = True
+    isSetup "Setup.lhs" = True
+    isSetup "./Setup.lhs" = True
+    isSetup _ = False
+
 allModules :: D.Library -> Set.Set String
 allModules lib = Set.fromList $ map toString $ D.exposedModules lib ++ (D.otherModules . D.libBuildInfo) lib
     where
diff --git a/yesod-bin/yesod-bin.cabal b/yesod-bin/yesod-bin.cabal
index 5d9c6192..faecfbb0 100644
--- a/yesod-bin/yesod-bin.cabal
+++ b/yesod-bin/yesod-bin.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            yesod-bin
-version:         1.2.9.3
+version:         1.2.9.4
 license:         MIT
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ executable             yesod
                      , data-default-class
                      , streaming-commons
 
-    ghc-options:       -Wall -threaded
+    ghc-options:       -Wall -threaded -rtsopts
     main-is:           main.hs
     other-modules:     Scaffolding.Scaffolder
                        Devel
diff --git a/yesod-form/Yesod/Form/Fields.hs b/yesod-form/Yesod/Form/Fields.hs
index cd678207..c4170f5b 100644
--- a/yesod-form/Yesod/Form/Fields.hs
+++ b/yesod-form/Yesod/Form/Fields.hs
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ import Database.Persist (PersistMonadBackend, PersistEntityBackend)
 import Text.Blaze.Html.Renderer.String (renderHtml)
 import qualified Data.ByteString as S
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as L
-import Data.Text as T (Text, concat, intercalate, unpack, pack, splitOn)
+import Data.Text as T ( Text, append, concat, cons, head
+                      , intercalate, isPrefixOf, null, unpack, pack, splitOn
+                      )
+import qualified Data.Text as T (drop, dropWhile)  
 import qualified Data.Text.Read
 
 import qualified Data.Map as Map
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@ $newline never
 doubleField :: Monad m => RenderMessage (HandlerSite m) FormMessage => Field m Double
 doubleField = Field
     { fieldParse = parseHelper $ \s ->
-        case Data.Text.Read.double s of
+        case Data.Text.Read.double (prependZero s) of
             Right (a, "") -> Right a
             _ -> Left $ MsgInvalidNumber s
 
@@ -711,3 +714,19 @@ $newline never
 incrInts :: Ints -> Ints
 incrInts (IntSingle i) = IntSingle $ i + 1
 incrInts (IntCons i is) = (i + 1) `IntCons` is
+
+
+-- | Adds a '0' to some text so that it may be recognized as a double.
+--   The read ftn does not recognize ".3" as 0.3 nor "-.3" as -0.3, so this
+--   function changes ".xxx" to "0.xxx" and "-.xxx" to "-0.xxx"
+
+prependZero :: Text -> Text
+prependZero t0 = if T.null t1
+                 then t1
+                 else if T.head t1 == '.'
+                      then '0' `T.cons` t1
+                      else if "-." `T.isPrefixOf` t1
+                           then "-0." `T.append` (T.drop 2 t1)
+                           else t1
+
+  where t1 = T.dropWhile ((==) ' ') t0