diff --git a/geval.cabal b/geval.cabal
index b12a371..d489ecb 100644
--- a/geval.cabal
+++ b/geval.cabal
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ library
                      , GEval.BLEU
                      , GEval.ClippEU
                      , GEval.PrecisionRecall
+                     , GEval.Common
   build-depends:       base >= 4.7 && < 5
                      , cond
                      , conduit
diff --git a/src/GEval/Common.hs b/src/GEval/Common.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a51c59d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GEval/Common.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module GEval.Common
+       where
+
+(/.) :: (Eq a, Integral a) => a -> a -> Double
+x /. 0 = 0.0
+x /. y = (fromIntegral x) / (fromIntegral y)
+
+safeDoubleDiv :: Double -> Double -> Double
+safeDoubleDiv _ 0.0 = 0.0
+safeDoubleDiv x y = x / y
diff --git a/src/GEval/Core.hs b/src/GEval/Core.hs
index ed7cba2..2f7ab4b 100644
--- a/src/GEval/Core.hs
+++ b/src/GEval/Core.hs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import Data.Maybe
 import qualified Data.List.Split as DLS
 
 import GEval.BLEU
+import GEval.Common
 
 type MetricValue = Double
 
@@ -167,10 +168,6 @@ gevalCore' BLEU = gevalCore'' (Prelude.map Prelude.words . DLS.splitOn "\t" . un
 gevalCore' Accuracy = gevalCore'' strip strip hitOrMiss averageC id
                       where hitOrMiss (x,y) = if x == y then 1.0 else 0.0
 
-(/.) :: Int -> Int -> Double
-x /. 0 = 1.0
-x /. y = (fromIntegral x) / (fromIntegral y)
-
 data SourceItem a = Got a | Done
 
 gevalCore'' :: (Text -> a) -> (Text -> b) -> ((a, b) -> c) -> (Sink c (ResourceT IO) d) -> (d -> Double) -> String -> String -> IO (MetricValue)
diff --git a/src/GEval/PrecisionRecall.hs b/src/GEval/PrecisionRecall.hs
index c1c4bef..4eefb33 100644
--- a/src/GEval/PrecisionRecall.hs
+++ b/src/GEval/PrecisionRecall.hs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ module GEval.PrecisionRecall(fMeasure, f1Measure, f2Measure, precision, recall,
                              precisionAndRecall, precisionAndRecallFromCounts)
        where
 
+import GEval.Common
+
 import Data.Graph.Inductive
 import Data.Graph.Inductive.Query.MaxFlow
 
@@ -39,18 +41,7 @@ precisionAndRecall matchFun expected got
 
 precisionAndRecallFromCounts :: (Int, Int, Int) -> (Double, Double)
 precisionAndRecallFromCounts (tp, nbExpected, nbGot) =
-  (tp `safeDiv` nbGot, tp `safeDiv` nbExpected)
-
--- division with possible zero
-safeDiv :: Int -> Int -> Double
-safeDiv _ 0 = 1.0
-safeDiv x y = (fromIntegral x) / (fromIntegral y)
-
-safeDoubleDiv :: Double -> Double -> Double
-safeDoubleDiv _ 0.0 = 0.0
-safeDoubleDiv x y = x / y
-
-
+  (tp /. nbGot, tp /. nbExpected)
 
 precision :: (a -> b -> Bool) -> [a] -> [b] -> Double
 precision matchFun expected got = fst $ precisionAndRecall matchFun expected got