diff --git a/tex/report.tex b/tex/report.tex
index 24ba8a1a..6ae05026 100644
--- a/tex/report.tex
+++ b/tex/report.tex
@@ -51,11 +51,12 @@
 
 \begin{itemize}
 
+% printf doesn't work here
   \item \ff{data/} is the collection of \ff{.csv} files with the data
-  (\iexec{printf "\%'d" "$(find "${TARGET}/data" -type f -name '*.csv' | wc -l)"}\unskip{} total);
+  (\iexec{find "${TARGET}/data" -type f -name '*.csv' | wc -l}\unskip{} total);
 
   \item \ff{github/} is the entire collection of
-  \iexec{printf "\%'d" "$(find "${TARGET}/github" -type f -name '*.java' | wc -l)"}\unskip{}
+  \iexec{find "${TARGET}/github" -type f -name '*.java' | wc -l}\unskip{}
   source files ``as is''
   (\iexec{du -sh "${TARGET}/github" | cut -f1}\unskip{} total).