diff --git a/bidengine/pricing.go b/bidengine/pricing.go
index 5c19c268..4d37a86c 100644
--- a/bidengine/pricing.go
+++ b/bidengine/pricing.go
@@ -106,8 +106,10 @@ func MakeScalePricing(
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-var ErrBidQuantityInvalid = errors.New("A bid quantity is invalid")
-var ErrBidZero = errors.New("A bid of zero was produced")
+var (
+	ErrBidQuantityInvalid = errors.New("A bid quantity is invalid")
+	ErrBidZero            = errors.New("A bid of zero was produced")
+)
 
 func ceilBigRatToBigInt(v *big.Rat) *big.Int {
 	numerator := v.Num()
@@ -345,5 +347,5 @@ type dataForScriptElement struct {
 
 type dataForScript struct {
 	Resources []dataForScriptElement `json:"resources"`
-	Price     string                 `json:"price"`
+	Price     sdk.DecCoin            `json:"price"`
 }
diff --git a/bidengine/pricing_test.go b/bidengine/pricing_test.go
index 19ad3ebd..f0331be9 100644
--- a/bidengine/pricing_test.go
+++ b/bidengine/pricing_test.go
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/akash-network/provider/cluster/util"
-
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"github.com/shopspring/decimal"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -28,6 +26,8 @@ import (
 	atypes "github.com/akash-network/akash-api/go/node/types/v1beta3"
 	"github.com/akash-network/node/sdl"
 	"github.com/akash-network/node/testutil"
+
+	"github.com/akash-network/provider/cluster/util"
 )
 
 func Test_ScalePricingRejectsAllZero(t *testing.T) {
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ func Test_ScriptPricingFailsWhenScriptExitsWithoutWritingResultToStdout(t *testi
 	}
 
 	_, err = pricing.CalculatePrice(context.Background(), req)
-	require.Equal(t, io.EOF, errors.Unwrap(err))
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, io.EOF)
 }
 
 func Test_ScriptPricingFailsWhenScriptWritesZeroResult(t *testing.T) {
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ func Test_ScriptPricingFailsWhenScriptWritesOverflowResult(t *testing.T) {
 	scriptPath := path.Join(tempdir, "test_script.sh")
 	fout, err := os.OpenFile(scriptPath, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE, os.ModePerm)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	// Write the maximum value, followed by zero so it is 10x
+	// Write the maximum value, followed by zero, so it is 10x
 	_, err = fmt.Fprintf(fout, "#!/bin/sh\necho %s0\nexit 0", sdk.MaxSortableDec.String())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	err = fout.Close()
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ func Test_ScriptPricingFailsWhenScriptWritesOverflowResult(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	_, err = pricing.CalculatePrice(context.Background(), req)
-	require.Equal(t, ErrBidQuantityInvalid, err)
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrBidQuantityInvalid)
 }
 
 func Test_ScriptPricingReturnsResultFromScript(t *testing.T) {
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ func Test_ScriptPricingWritesJsonToStdin(t *testing.T) {
 func Test_ScriptPricingFromScript(t *testing.T) {
 	const (
 		mockAPIResponse = `{"akash-network":{"usd":3.57}}`
-		expectedPrice   = 67843138
+		expectedPrice   = "67843137.254901960492134094"
 	)
 
 	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -711,7 +711,10 @@ func Test_ScriptPricingFromScript(t *testing.T) {
 
 	price, err := pricing.CalculatePrice(context.Background(), req)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Equal(t, sdk.NewDecCoin("uakt", sdk.NewInt(expectedPrice)).String(), price.String())
+	amount, err := sdk.NewDecFromStr(expectedPrice)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.Equal(t, sdk.NewDecCoinFromDec("uakt", amount).String(), price.String())
 }
 
 func TestRationalToIntConversion(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/bidengine/shellscript.go b/bidengine/shellscript.go
index 5f4136dc..a6eee445 100644
--- a/bidengine/shellscript.go
+++ b/bidengine/shellscript.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ func (ssp shellScriptPricing) CalculatePrice(ctx context.Context, req Request) (
 
 	dataForScript := &dataForScript{
 		Resources: make([]dataForScriptElement, len(req.GSpec.Resources)),
-		Price:     req.GSpec.Price().String(),
+		Price:     req.GSpec.Price(),
 	}
 
 	// iterate over everything & sum it up
@@ -182,18 +183,14 @@ func (ssp shellScriptPricing) CalculatePrice(ctx context.Context, req Request) (
 	}
 
 	// Decode the result
-	decoder := json.NewDecoder(outputBuf)
-	decoder.UseNumber()
-
-	var priceNumber json.Number
-	err = decoder.Decode(&priceNumber)
-	if err != nil {
-		return sdk.DecCoin{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: script failure %s", err, stderrBuf.String())
+	valueStr := strings.TrimSpace(outputBuf.String())
+	if valueStr == "" {
+		return sdk.DecCoin{}, fmt.Errorf("bid script must return amount:%w%w", io.EOF, ErrBidQuantityInvalid)
 	}
 
-	price, err := sdk.NewDecFromStr(priceNumber.String())
+	price, err := sdk.NewDecFromStr(valueStr)
 	if err != nil {
-		return sdk.DecCoin{}, ErrBidQuantityInvalid
+		return sdk.DecCoin{}, fmt.Errorf("%w%w", err, ErrBidQuantityInvalid)
 	}
 
 	if price.IsZero() {
@@ -204,9 +201,5 @@ func (ssp shellScriptPricing) CalculatePrice(ctx context.Context, req Request) (
 		return sdk.DecCoin{}, ErrBidQuantityInvalid
 	}
 
-	if !price.LTE(sdk.MaxSortableDec) {
-		return sdk.DecCoin{}, ErrBidQuantityInvalid
-	}
-
 	return sdk.NewDecCoinFromDec(denom, price), nil
 }
diff --git a/script/usd_pricing_oracle.sh b/script/usd_pricing_oracle.sh
index 6ac28cbd..d6651b01 100755
--- a/script/usd_pricing_oracle.sh
+++ b/script/usd_pricing_oracle.sh
@@ -144,8 +144,4 @@ fi
 total_cost_akt=$(bc -l <<<"${total_cost_usd}/${usd_per_akt}")
 total_cost_uakt=$(bc -l <<<"${total_cost_akt}*1000000")
 
-# Round upwards to get an integer
-total_cost_uakt=$(echo "$total_cost_uakt" | jq 'def ceil: if . | floor == . then . else . + 1.0 | floor end; .|ceil')
-
-# return the price in uAKT
-echo "$total_cost_uakt"
+printf "%.18f" "$total_cost_uakt"