diff --git a/app/gcompose/src/PropertyWidgets.cpp b/app/gcompose/src/PropertyWidgets.cpp
index f12fd29..9d13fea 100644
--- a/app/gcompose/src/PropertyWidgets.cpp
+++ b/app/gcompose/src/PropertyWidgets.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ double parseWithUnits(const QString& text, double* factorOut, QString* suffixOut
 
     double num = match.captured(1).toDouble();
     QString unit = match.captured(3);
-    double factor = 1.0;
+    double factor = factorOut ? *factorOut : 1.0;
 
     if (!unit.isEmpty()) {
         QString u = unit.startsWith('_') ? unit.mid(1) : unit;
@@ -101,10 +101,6 @@ void UnitLineEdit::onEditingFinished() {
     double factor = m_Factor;
     QString suffix = m_Suffix;
     double parsedVal = parseWithUnits(text(), &factor, &suffix);
-    if (!suffix.isEmpty()) {
-        m_Suffix = suffix;
-        m_Factor = factor;
-    }
     if (m_IsInteger) {
         parsedVal = std::round(parsedVal);
     }