diff --git a/geval.cabal b/geval.cabal
index e9acd33..8e7827f 100644
--- a/geval.cabal
+++ b/geval.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                geval
-version:             0.2.0.0
+version:             0.2.1.0
 synopsis:            Machine learning evaluation tools
 description:         Please see README.md
 homepage:            http://github.com/name/project
diff --git a/src/GEval/Core.hs b/src/GEval/Core.hs
index 527d15e..fabeb10 100644
--- a/src/GEval/Core.hs
+++ b/src/GEval/Core.hs
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ type MetricValue = Double
 data Metric = RMSE | MSE | BLEU | Accuracy
               deriving (Show, Read)
 
+data MetricOrdering = TheLowerTheBetter | TheHigherTheBetter
+
+getMetricOrdering :: Metric -> MetricOrdering
+getMetricOrdering RMSE     = TheLowerTheBetter
+getMetricOrdering MSE      = TheLowerTheBetter
+getMetricOrdering BLEU     = TheHigherTheBetter
+getMetricOrdering Accuracy = TheHigherTheBetter
+
 defaultOutDirectory = "."
 defaultTestName = "test-A"
 defaultOutFile = "out.tsv"