diff --git a/scripts/qp_extract_cipsi_data.py b/scripts/qp_extract_cipsi_data.py
index dd8e9c4d..70935d73 100755
--- a/scripts/qp_extract_cipsi_data.py
+++ b/scripts/qp_extract_cipsi_data.py
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ def extract_data(output):
                 e_ex_line = lines[iline+2]
                 e_ex = float(e_ex_line.split()[1])
                 reading = False
-
-                data.append((n_det, e, pt2, err_pt2, rpt2, err_rpt2, e_ex))
+                new_data = " {:8d}  {:16.8f}  {:e}  {:e}  {:e}  {:e}  {:16.8f}".format(n_det, e, pt2, err_pt2, rpt2, err_rpt2, e_ex)
+                data.append(new_data)
                 n_det = e = pt2 = err_pt2 = rpt2 = err_rpt2 = e_ex = None
 
     return data
@@ -52,6 +52,4 @@ def extract_data(output):
 data = extract_data(output)
 
 for item in data:
-    print(" ".join(str(x) for x in item))
-
-
+    print(item)