diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9d8e9e5..a05e537 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+.idea
+**/*.pyc
+build
 /target
 **/*.rs.bk
 Cargo.lock
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c26d619..6188f65 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ can be created to search the index.
                         "the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days "
                         "now without taking a fish."))
     writer.add_document(doc)
-
+    writer.commit()
+    
     reader = index.reader()
     searcher = reader.searcher()
 
diff --git a/src/field.rs b/src/field.rs
index 8a7f2e3..af46f53 100644
--- a/src/field.rs
+++ b/src/field.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ impl FieldValue {
             schema::Value::Str(text) => Some(text.into_object(py)),
             schema::Value::U64(num) => Some(num.into_object(py)),
             schema::Value::I64(num) => Some(num.into_object(py)),
+            schema::Value::F64(num) => Some(num.into_object(py)),
             schema::Value::Bytes(b) => Some(b.to_object(py)),
             schema::Value::Date(d) => {
                 let date =